April 21, 2024

Our Lectionary texts for this Sunday are Acts 8:26-40; Psalm 22:25-31; 1 John 4:7-21; and John 15:1-8.

William Temple was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the difficult years of World War Two. He provides a wonderful meditation on the Gospel of John. When he comes to John 15:1-8 he writes, 

Here is the answer to the question 'How?' . . . Our discipline is not a bracing of our wills to conformity with a law; it is the maintenance of communion with the Lord to the point of mutual indwelling. . . But though our discipline is not conformity to a code, it is obedience to a commandment. . . . The commandment is not primarily to 'do' this or that, but to trust and to love. 

We will host our annual Gideons speaker in our worship service, April 28. Please consider how you might support in prayer and giving this important world-wide ministry.

The next Sunday, May 5, is our annual meeting at McRae Church. We will not meet at our Memorial building but at McRae for worship, business, and lunch together.