Any setting where diversity is honored, where strangers become friends, and where brokenness is mended is part of the table of reconciliation set by God. It’s the table where diverse congregations and people can celebrate their unity in Christ.
Psalm 78 offers a song about God’s “glorious deeds” and “the wonders” God has done. It stresses that God is continually and forever faithful to the people God has chosen. This is true, the psalmist writes, even though God’s people forget. Miracle after miracle is recounted, God’s presence and care throughout history are described, and the people still ask, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?”
Your support of the Peace & Global Witness Offering helps draw people to God’s table of justice, where adversaries are reconciled and God’s abundance is celebrated and shared.
What exactly is World Communion Sunday? Is it just a day where denominations intentionally receive communion? Or is there more to it? As we commemorate World Communion Sunday, we will receive the Peace & Global Witness Offering. As we acknowledge the violence and division in our world, in our country, and in our community, we are invited to come together to the table and join in communion with sisters and brothers all over the world. As we bring our gifts, we gather with other worshiping communities around the country to strengthen Christ’s work for peace through our church.
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A new story for the 2016 One Great Hour of Sharing - learn why it is important that all of Gracie's friends have different gifts. Click the "Download" button below for this year's story! About the Author: Dr. Kathy L. Dawson Associate Professor of Christian Education Columbia Theological Seminary Each of the Gracie the Fish stories for One Great Hour of Sharing have been written by Dr. Dawson. She has been chosen 2015 Educator of the Year by the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators. Download Gracie's past adventures:
A children's sermon for use with One Great Hour of Sharing and the popular Gracie stories. Written by the Rev. Karen Wagner, Southminster Presbyterian, Prairie Village, Kansas
A children's sermon for use with One Great Hour of Sharing about being the Body of Christ. Written by the Rev. Karen Wagner, Southminster Presbyterian, Prairie Village, Kansas