Are you keeping the Sabbath Holy?\u00a0 The message was about Jesus and his disciples picking grain for a snack and healing a persons hand on the Sabbath. The Pharisees confronted Jesus hoping to put a wedge between him and\u00a0 his followers.\u00a0 Jesus said,\u00a0 \u201cGod created the Sabbath for people not people for the Sabbath.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is much discussion on whether we should stop all work on the Sabbath. Should one work, and take another day as the Sabbath?<\/p>\n
We certainly need one day a week just to rest and refresh body and soul. Is Jesus Lord of your Sabbath? Do you wake up on Sunday with the goal of focusing on him and being refreshed and nourished by his presence? Or do you see Sunday and another Saturday with an hour at church \u2013 sometimes.<\/p>\n
If you are not sure whether Jesus is Lord of your Sabbath then there is a larger issue at hand. If Jesus is not Lord of your Sundays, then who is Lord of the rest of your life?<\/p>\n
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Sunday June 9, Third after Pentecost<\/strong><\/p>\n Scriptures:<\/p>\n Samuel 8:4-11,(12-15) 16-20;(11:14-15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Appoint a king for Israel<\/p>\n Psalm 138\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I praise God with all my heart<\/p>\n 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Our inner nature is renewed day by day<\/p>\n Mark 3:20-35\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Who gives Jesus his power?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The reading from Mark is difficult. Jesus is experiencing something that some of us may have experienced. Jesus is being called names, and people are trying to make him change how he lives, teaches, and heals. Jesus\u2019 response is to remember that all he is and all he values comes form God. He will not change just to be accepted by the crowd. That\u2019s not easy to do. How can we remember whose we are and who loves us when others are mean or tell us what we should be and do? At times like this it is hard to remember we are all beloved children of God.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Announcements<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Sunday\u00a0 June 9,\u00a0\u00a0 Worship Leader:\u00a0 Kaireen,\u00a0 Reader: Brenda<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prayer Shawl group will meet on Sat. June 8 at 3-4:30 pm, in the Church Family Room. All Knitters and Crocheters are welcome. Needles and wool are available if needed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n June:\u00a0\u00a0 National Indigenous History Month<\/p>\n June:\u00a0\u00a0 Launch of Pride Season<\/p>\n June 18:\u00a0\u00a0 International Day for Countering Hate Speech<\/p>\n June 19:\u00a0\u00a0 Juneteenth<\/p>\n June 20:\u00a0 World Refugee Day (UNHCR)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you keeping the Sabbath Holy?\u00a0 The message was about Jesus and his disciples picking grain for a snack and healing a persons hand on the Sabbath. The Pharisees confronted Jesus hoping to put a wedge between him and\u00a0 his followers.\u00a0 Jesus said,\u00a0 \u201cGod created the Sabbath for people not people for the Sabbath.\u201d There …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 18:31:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67439,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67438\/revisions\/67439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}