Prior to the message, Anali read St Teresa of Avila’s poem, Christ Has No Body. Melissa then spoke from John 14:1-21, where Jesus was preparing his disciples to physically be away from them, but promised to continue to show them the way. It confuses the disciples. Christ lived on through his disciples and he lives on today through us.
On this Covenant Sunday, we take time to share how we’ve seen Jesus in each other, how we’ve been the church, together. Part of the message included an opportunity for us to share stories of how this church has been the hands, feet, eyes and ears of Jesus for each other. Because some of stories shared were personal in nature, the full recording is not publicly available.
For regular attenders who would like to hear the stories, reach out to Stan and he can share the rest of the message with you.
Using the example of the deacon Stephen as narrated in 
Using the story of the men on the road to Emmaus, from 
Melissa provides the context for the Sunday after Easter being resurrected 😉 as a chance to celebrate–with jokes, humor and laughter–the wonderful, life changing news of Christ’s resurrection. Easter is a triumph of Jesus over sin and death; a trick on the devil. 
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Melissa’s sermon today was broken up into five parts, interspersed between readings from John 11 by Lowell, Ruth, Chris and Kari, as well as by music (which is not included in this recording). One section of the message is the poem 
Jon Mark, a first-year Divinity student at Duke, brought the message this morning. He spoke of Jesus’ interaction with the woman at the well from 
Melissa preached from 
Claire Unruh brought the message today using the texts from 
Joy continued the series on Mennonite identity, this week focusing on communion. Breaking bread together is fundamental to being in community.