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God of surprises, You love humanity and all creation. Created in your image, we are drawn into all sorts of relationships. Open my mind to the ways you continue to call your people to new realities. Show me how to live out your vision of love today. Help me to move away from old assumptions and patterns and seek …
Learn more on October 23rd! Shannon Baker spent a year serving in Mexico through the ELCA young adults YAGM program. She will talk about her experience serving in Mexico through the ELCA young adults YAGM program and the many options available international service for young adults. On Wednesday, October 23rd at Grace Lutheran Church you can come for dinner from …
2Some Pharisees came, and to test [Jesus] they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” 5But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. 6But from the beginning of creation, …
Who is part of your group and who is not? Humans are forever creating in-groups and out-groups. We find connection and security in the groups we associate with. Groups can help us define and live out our identity, growing more fully into who we are. Groups can also give us opportunities to distance ourselves from others by judging or rejecting …
God of love, You bring love and healing to the world. You transform sorrow and suffering into wholeness and new life. You call me to follow you. Guide me to make connections that help me love and care for others. Empower me to look for people and communities that live compassion and bring hope. Help me to include and connect …
Come and explore questions that don’t have easy answers! Questions Not Answers is a monthly inter-generational discussion for students and community members that meets this Sunday, October 6th at 7 pm in the Fireside Room at Grace Lutheran Church. The conversation will begin with the question: Where is heaven? Is heaven here? Is it in a specific place in the …
Grad students, let’s make time to get together! Would you like to do lunch after Sunday worship, have a potluck on a Friday evening, or eat lunch together on campus mid-week? Email Alicia Anderson at ara2@psu.edu to share your preference and your availability! We’ll schedule something between October 13th and 21st.
Mark 9:38-50 38John said to [Jesus], “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. 40Whoever is not against us is …
O God, You are continually turning the world upside down. Your priorities defy the hierarchies we try to create. With love, you create another world, another system that includes everyone. Help me see our structures for what they are: systems offering advantages to the powerful and disadvantages to the powerless. When I seek power and position, remind me to …
30[Jesus and the disciples went on] and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it;31for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” 32But they did not understand what he was saying and …
