by Justin Marple | Nov 26, 2014 | COMMUNITY, Elements of Worship, Monthly Newsletters
Grace and Peace from Our Lord Jesus Christ! Over the last three months we looked at three ways we respond to the word in the service of worship. These ways are a prayer of thanksgiving, a profession of faith (especially the Apostles’ Creed), and the intercessory...
by Justin Marple | Oct 30, 2014 | COMMUNITY, Elements of Worship, Monthly Newsletters
Grace and Peace from Our Lord Jesus Christ! Over the last two months we looked at the first two ways we respond to the word in the service of worship. These are a prayer of thanksgiving and a profession of faith (especially the Apostles’ Creed). All of the ways...
by Justin Marple | Sep 25, 2014 | COMMUNITY, Elements of Worship, Monthly Newsletters
Grace and Peace from Our Lord Jesus Christ! Last month I wrote to you about the first way we respond to the word in the service of worship. The very first thing that we normally do after hearing God’s word proclaimed is to sing a prayer of thanksgiving. I said...
by Justin Marple | Aug 29, 2014 | COMMUNITY, Elements of Worship, Monthly Newsletters
Grace and Peace from Our Lord Jesus Christ! In the last issue I reflected on how we hear the word so that our lives are transformed. We are to listen to the reading and preaching of Scripture expecting to think differently, to want differently, and to imagine a...
by Justin Marple | Jun 26, 2014 | COMMUNITY, Elements of Worship, Monthly Newsletters
Grace and Peace from Our Lord Jesus Christ! In this edition of “Pastor’s Green Pastures” we are continuing our way through the order of worship. We have heard the call to come up the invisible Mount Zion. We have ascended that holy hill through the Prayer of...
by Justin Marple | May 22, 2014 | COMMUNITY, Elements of Worship, Monthly Newsletters
On the prayer of adoration… Grace and Peace from Our Lord Jesus Christ! We live in a day and age when visual entertainment is all the rage. Video games and movies often seek to bring us a rush that short-circuits our minds.1 It is not unusual then to expect that...
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