Here’s what’s happening in worship Sunday, March 9th.
Worship Services
8:00 a.m. Good Samaritan
The Good Samaritan Worship will now meet at the new EECM Community House (6014 Penn Circle North). This week will be a Bible study.
8:45 a.m. Journey Worship
An interactive, energetic service for those seeking a fresh encounter with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Rev. Dr. Randy Bush will preach.
11:00 a.m. Sanctuary Worship
Our largest service, with music from the Chancel Choir and an organ prelude prior to the service. This week, the Rev. Dr. Randy Bush will preach.
Christian Education Classes
Contemporaries
Trauma, Grace, and Memory
Led by Jeff Schooley, Shadyside Presbyterian Church
Bombs go off. Bodies are assaulted. Lives are wrecked. However, the truly nefarious nature of trauma is what it does to our memories and how it forces its victims to re-live the trauma again and again. Explore the inner-workings of trauma and how grace can begin to heal those memories.
Journey with Scripture
Lent’s scripture readings include stories about dislocation, where people travel to (or through) foreign and forbidding places. There is fear, confusion, and deep alienation, but there also is abiding presence, grace, and union. Transformations and homecomings are experienced and promised. Such stories are gifts to us as we travel through Lent. Join us as we ponder such diverse scriptures, seeking–and perhaps even experiencing–transformation.
Join us as we reflect on these readings: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7; Psalm 32; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11.
Parenting Circle
We use our time together to share our joys and struggles through a facilitated discussion, guided by the week’s lectionary readings. No advance preparation or reading is necessary and copies of the texts being discussed will be available. We welcome babies and toddlers who may not yet be able to leave their parents.
Seekers
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus
In 2013, Reza Aslan’s Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth became a number-one bestseller. In his work, Aslan paints a portrait of Jesus and His message by casting a view through the historical context in which Jesus lived, and the Gospels were written. His analysis invites us to ask: who was jesus? How did he view Himself? How did the early Christian church shape our current understanding of Jesus? March 9-30, we will study this text.
This week, Pastor Heather will introduce us to the main arguments in Aslan’s text as we prepare for a deeper analysis.
Soul Food
This month, we will finish and review A Testament of Devotion, by Thomas Kelly, and begin a new spiritual text, soon to be chosen. New participants are always welcome!