We currently gather for worship on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am both in person and online streaming through our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/stmaryspresbyterianchurch.
There are many people involved in the worship service each Sunday. We have a small tech team that work with projection and livestream as well as set-up the hearing assist loop system. When worshiping in person we greet you at the door and providing welcome and offer any assistance you indicate you are needing. We have volunteer scripture readers as well as some who share prayer. We sing thoughtful and joyful music, as well as sharing news on the life of the congregation.
We celebrate the sacrament of communion five times throughout the year and presently COVID-19 protocol necessitate a change in how we do this. Know that you can select your elements on entry to the sanctuary. We also have special services at Christmas and Easter. Please check our events for information on communion services and other special services.
Jesus says a lot of things. Sometimes, Jesus says outrageous things, like “it is not
The expression ‘seeing is believing’ has become common enough. Especially when we find ourselves live in suspicious times, among suspicious folks. We trust our eyes and our own experiences – and this is a good and healthy thing – but it makes a life of faith a real tightrope act.
The ’KINGDOM’ that Jesus proclaims is a place where folk are forgiven and welcomed. The rules for forgiveness are simple. There are no complicated (expensive) rituals.
To be forgiven, one must admit wrong and be ready to accept grace. She follows Jesus into the house, and offers these remarkable acts of gratitude because she recognizes the difference between her reality and the kind of world that Jesus proposes. And Jesus turns her gratitude into a parable. The reality of her sin (and the recognition of God’s forgiveness) prompts an overwhelming expression of gratitude.