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Work With Me | Contemplation & Action (October 10, 2021)

A Big Enough Table (The Work of the People)
1. The Work of the People | The Way of the People (August 15, 2021)
2. The Work of the People | A Big Enough Table (August 22, 2021)
3. Come to Me | Be With Jesus Through a Prayer-Filled Life (August 29, 2021)
4. Come to Me | Practicing A Prayer-Filled Life (September 5, 2021)
5. Walk With Me | Formed by the Two Books – A Creation Liturgy (September 12, 2021)
6. Walk With Me | Formed by Our Influences (September 19, 2021)
7. Work With Me | Discerning Vocation (September 26, 2021)
8. Work With Me | Discerning Direction in Daily Life (October 3, 2021)
9. Work With Me | Contemplation & Action (October 10, 2021)
10. Watch How I Do It | Soul Care Sunday (October 17, 2021)
11. Watch How I Do It | A Spirit-Dependent Life (October 24, 2021)
12. A Liturgy As Big As Life | All Saints Day (October 31, 2021)
13. A Liturgy As Big As Life | Call and Response (November 7, 2021)
14. A Liturgy As Big As Life: We Will Keep the Feast (Peace – December 5, 2021)
15. Joy in the Middle of It (Joy – December 12, 2021)
16. Nativity Family Sunday (Love – December 19, 2021)

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We’re taking time this fall to root and re-orient ourselves in the way of our Rabbi, Jesus. We’ll reflect on the way and work of this people at The Parish, and how we might respond to Jesus’ invitations from Matthew 11: Come to Me, Walk with Me, Work with Me, Watch How I Do It.

This week Keith Jennings leads us in an exploration of the connections between active contemplation and contemplative action, that we might become people who work with Jesus for the flourishing, justice, and peace of the world.

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Guiding Scriptures

Amos 5
“Seek the Lord and live, or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire, and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it. Ah, you that turn justice to wormwood, and bring righteousness to the ground!

They hate the one who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.
Therefore, because you trample on the poor
and take from them levies of grain,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not live in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
For I know how many are your transgressions,
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
and push aside the needy in the gate.
Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time;
for it is an evil time.

Seek good and not evil,
that you may live;
and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
just as you have said.
Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

Romans 12:9-18
“Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.”

 

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