Based on John 18:33-37\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pilate asks John, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d<\/p>\n
Reign of Christ Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n Who do you think Jesus is.? People have asked this question for a long time. A governor for the Roman Empire, Pontius Pilate asked Jesus,\u201d Are you the king of the Jews?\u201d In the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, <\/em>there is a song called \u201cKing Herod\u2019s Song,\u201d which has some amusing lines about this. Ultimately, to say that Jesus is king is to say that the Roman emperor is not as important, nor is King Herod, nor celebrities, Instagram influencers, or Tik Tok stars. What Jesus has to say matters so much more.<\/p>\n In the past, people made pledges to the king, queen or nation. Such allegiances rise and fall depending on the political climate. The question is, does it matter to see Jesus as a ruler of a kingdom that is not from this world? Jesus taught, lived, and demonstrated the reality of a kingdom that is vastly different from the ethos of a Roman Empire, or some of the purity code practices of his time. Jesus\u2019 teaching shows up in the prayer he taught:\u201d May your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.\u201d Preachers may spend some time describing what that kingdom might look like if enacted here on earth today. How does Jesus\u201d teaching of \u201ckingdom\u201d still resonate? Do we want to dwell in such a kingdom under his guidance and leadership? (some today refer to \u201ckin-dom\u201d instead) Ultimately, for Jesus, it was worth living and dying for. The Gathering pentecost 2, 2021 used with permission.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sunday December 1 \u2013 Advent 1<\/p>\n Scriptures:\u00a0 Jeremiah 33:14-16 A righteous branch from David\u2019s line; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13\u00a0\u00a0 How can we thank God adequately?; Luke 21:25-36\u00a0 Signs in the heavens and on earth; parable of the fig tree.<\/p>\n Lay Leader:\u00a0 Lorna;\u00a0 Reader: Gail<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Announcements:<\/strong><\/p>\n This Sunday there will be a Blessing of the Prayer Shawls<\/p>\n December 3, 6:30 pm,<\/strong>The UCW will have their Carol Sing at the Hospital, the long term patient are invited to join in.<\/p>\n The Christmas Star will be lit this week, anyone wishing to purchase a bulb in memory of a loved on may speak with Maria or call 705 856 2861<\/p>\n Nov. 29<\/strong>– International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People<\/p>\n Dec. 1<\/strong> \u2013 World AIDs Day<\/p>\n Dec. 2<\/strong> \u2013 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery<\/p>\n Dec. 3 \u2013<\/strong> International Day of Persons with Disabilities<\/p>\n Dec 5 \u2013<\/strong> World Soil Day<\/p>\n Dec. 6<\/strong> \u2013 National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women<\/p>\n Dec. 10 \u2013<\/strong> Human Right’s Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Based on John 18:33-37\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pilate asks John, \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d Reign of Christ Sunday Who do you think Jesus is.? People have asked this question for a long time. A governor for the Roman Empire, Pontius Pilate asked Jesus,\u201d Are you the king of the Jews?\u201d In the musical Jesus Christ …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":4914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 03:41:11","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\/70447","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=70447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70449,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70447\/revisions\/70449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}