Scripture: Jeremiah 31:15-22
Lesson: Rachel Is Weeping
The question in so many of our hearts this week has been, from where do we find hope? We are, after all, a people of hope who don’t believe that death ever has the last word. Problem is that having faith in the victory of life over death can sometimes feel very theoretical and theological when actual people are dying by the hundreds and suffering by the thousands (millions?)
I hand picked this week’s scripture because it’s been running through my head all week. Interestingly, the only part that I have memorized is the first and so the mental recitations have been, for me, a sense of God with me (with us) seeing our grief and weeping; our hopelessness and fear. As the poetic prophecy carries on, however, we hear of a promise that is hope and compassion and even some grace.
** Just a reminder that Sunday is PUMPKIN FEST!! After church we will join what will have already started – an afternoon of pumpkin painting, face painting, cider donuts, live music, and even a petting zoo! If you’re on social media please go to UPA’s facebook page and share the event on your profile and with your communities!
See you Sunday!
Cheryl
Music:
Prelude: “Prayer” Sergei Rachmaninoff
Anthem: “I Lift My Eyes” Elizabeth Crocker
Meditation: “Eucharistica” Pablo Casals Marina Khankhalaeva, mezzo soprano
Postlude: “Impromptu Flourishes” Allen LeVines
Live Stream Information
We will continue streaming our worship on both Zoom and Facebook Live. Please share these links with your friends. Bear in mind that we cannot share the Zoom links publicly (to keep from being Zoom bombed), so please share it person to person rather than posting it on Facebook/Twitter, or other public social media. It’s fine to share the Facebook link broadly and publicly. For Zoom login information please reach out to Pastor Cheryl at cheryl@newtonchurch.org.
Note: that we continue to work on streaming as we make improvements to the sanctuary sound system.
Zoom Link: UPA Sunday Morning Worship
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81334929545?pwd=S1lsRlRmSnlkTUE0cHRlWWQwWUJndz09
Facebook Livestream Link: https://www.facebook.com/upanewtonma/live