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We are glad you are here and we hope this place and these people feel like home to you. Whether you are a first time guest or a regular attender, we are better with you here. We are #TogetherForTheGood. Use this information to stay connected, follow along, and engage your faith and the community during the week. Feel free to explore this site to learn more about our church and liturgy.
We welcome everyone here, regardless of who they are or where they have been. We receive communion (the Eucharist) weekly and practice an open table – all are welcome to participate. To eliminate any and all barriers to participation we use grape juice and vegan, gluten free bread.
If you have a little one here, we want you to know we are unbothered by noise and activity and a child being a child. There is an area toward the back where they can play if you’d like. If you need a quiet place for whatever reason, including diaper changes, the last room on the right is set aside for your use.
Today
Sunday, September 8, 2024 | 15th Sunday after Pentecost, Ordinary Time
Our main text for today is from the book of Genesis, Chapters 2 and 3.
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Church Contact Info
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Collecting the following items
Paxton’s Blessing Box – Food, hygiene products
ShowerUp Wichita – New underwear, gently used clothes, backpacks/bags, bug spray, chap stick, wet wipes, and more.
Upcoming dates
10/21 – Ladies trip to the farmer’s market. Meet at Egg Cetera at 9am. RSVP to NIkki.
Book clubs/bible studies coming up this fall.
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Children’s Church Schedule
If you’d like to be added to or removed from this schedule, talk with Sarah W.
Hospitality Bar Schedule
If you’d like to be added to or removed from this schedule, talk with Chris.
Upcoming Scriptures
If you like to read ahead to prepare for our gathered worship times, these are the texts we are planning to explore.
- 9/8 – Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-17; 3:1-13 – Creation and Fall
- 9/15 – Genesis 15:1-6 – God’s Promise to Abram
- 9/22 – Genesis 37:3-8, 17b-22, 26-34; 50:15-21 – Joseph and His Brothers
- 9/29 – Exodus 12:1-13; 13:1-8 – Promises of Passover
- 10/6 – Exodus 32:1-14 – The Golden Calf
For daily Scripture readings that work through the story of Scripture, click here or download this file:
Prayer Focus
We focus prayers on the needs of our community both as a congregation and outside our walls. Each week we ask you to pray for the ministries and health of a church in our city, as well as a group of people who are likely to need the extra prayer support.
Wichita Area Church: Bethany Lutheran Church
Special Focus: This week we remember our neighbors who lack housing. We pray for their comfort, safety, and the meeting of all their needs. We pray for an end to personal and systemic issues that keep people vulnerable. And we pray that our hearts would be moved to help.
Additional Resources
We encourage you to find ways to engage your faith beyond Sundays. The things we focus on and the actions we take help form our faith, values and lives. We sometimes post suggested practices on social media on Mondays, but we also encourage you to:
- Read through the bible in a year with The Story that Changes Everything. A brief, daily podcast to help you navigate each daily reading. More information here.
- Do you like podcasts? Here are a couple that we listen or have listened too on things of faith. You may not always agree with them, they come from a variety of backgrounds, but they can help you grow and stretch your faith.
- Forward Movement – Multiple podcasts for daily prayer or devotional reading from the Episcopal Church. Podcasts are a great way to add prayer and reflection to your daily spiritual practice. Listen on your morning walk, evening commute, or anywhere in between.
- BEMA – The BEMA Podcast is a walk-through of the context of the Bible and the Text itself, as well as surrounding history. We deconstruct our common readings of the Bible and attempt to reconstruct them through the lens of historical context.
- The Bible for Normal People – A weekly podcast talk show having serious talks about the sacred book. Hosted by Peter Enns and Jared Byas.
- Bible Worm – A weekly look at the Narrative Lectionary text we look at in our worship gatherings. One host is a Christian pastor and one is a Jewish rabbi.
- Spend time in prayer (private, out loud, journaling, whatever) about what new thing(s) you’d like God to do in your faith, life, church, community? What might it look like for you to work toward these things? What new things have you experienced in the recent past?
Information
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Giving
We believe in living a life of generosity as individuals and a faith community. We long to be a resource for the needs of our city and world through radical generosity. We invite you to follow Jesus and worship God through giving as you are able – and we commit to sharing those resources in ways that benefit those who need it.
You can give financially via website, by texting GIVE to 316.333.7275, or by placing cash or check in the giving box in the back corner.