Worship Service, Sunday, March 9, 2025
What makes a good neighbor? Good fences? Or perhaps something else? Join us this Sunday as we explore how God meets us in between the strangers and neighbors in our lives.
Credits and Attributions:
GATHER US IN – OL#00031
© 1982, GIA Publications, Inc.
Contributors: Marty Haugen
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-729350. All rights reserved.
WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE – CCLI Song # 2574471
Brian Arthur Wren
© 1975 Hope Publishing Company
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
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In the Midst of New Dimensions OL #93318
Contributors: Jeremy Bankson, Julian Rush
Tune: arr. © 2012 Morningstar Music
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-729350. All rights reserved.
O FOR A WORLD -- Medical Mission Sisters (c)
Used by permission email 5/6/21
Liturgy: Adapted from prayers by Rev. Sarah A. Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org.
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CCLI License # 1452675
Streaming License CCLI#20581555
Sermon Sources:
The Judith Lieu quote comes from her commentary “The Gospel of Luke” regarding Luke 10.
Amy-Jill Levine and Ben Witherington the III's commentary is The Gospel of Luke.
Rabbi Sharon Brous’s story was originally found at: https://cac.org/daily-meditations/knowing-our-neighbors/
The Stranger Danger statistic comes from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as of 2002. It’s quoted here:\
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8331335
A deeper review of the numbers can be found here:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/01/how-many-children-go-missing-every-year.html
Pastor John also uses various commentaries to inform his sermons.
He also uses artificial intelligence to help revise/improve his initial drafts.