Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Watchword for the Week - Do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what
is the will of God - what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans
12:2
Isaiah 51:1-6; Psalm 138 Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:13-20
This assembly may know that the Lord does not save by sword and spear.
1 Samuel 17:47
Christ says, "I am among you as one who serves." Luke 22:27
God, help us to be a people whose joy comes from our encounters with
you: from living in self-giving love, from seeing our past and future
with hopefulness, and from following the plan of Jesus that inspires us
and moves us to action. Amen.
*On this day in 1732, the first missionaries departed from Herrnhut
bound for St. Thomas.