WELCOME TO PEACE!  

Welcome to Peace!  We pray you experience God’s presence today as you join us in worship. There are times during the service when you’ll be invited to “rise as able in body or spirit.” You have full permission to care for yourself and your physical well-being, so if getting up and down is difficult, we encourage you to do whatever you need to do to care for yourself, including remaining seated. Parents, know that if your young ones need to move around, we’re cool with that!

Scripture Themes: James tell us to stop showing favoritism in the assembly, treating the rich visitor with more honor than the poor one. Jesus himself seems to show partiality in his first response to the Syrophoenician woman in today’s gospel. Was he testing her faith in saying Gentiles don’t deserve the goods meant for God’s children? Or was he speaking out of his human worldview, but transcended those limits when she took him by surprise with her reply? Either way, the story tells us that God shows no partiality. Everyone who brings a need to Jesus is received with equal honor as a child and heir.

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The Worship Guide can be downloaded here: Pentecost 18B 9.8.24 bulletin