Mill Plain UMCSunday December 3, 2023 10 AMAll the time in the world.Scripture2 Peter 3:8-15a MusicI Have Decided To Follow JesusThe Joy of the LordAct Justly Love Mercy Walk Humbly10,000 ReasonsLo How a rose e’er bloomingJoy in the morning Give at MillplainUmc.org Mill Plain UMC December 3, 2023 10 a.m. Praise Song Jesus Messiah Greeting Call to Worship Lighting of Advent Candle Leader: A voice cries out, “In the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord!” People: When the way…
Mill Plain UMCSunday November 26, 2023The Joy of Christ’s ComingScriptureIsaiah 64:1-9I Corinthians 1:1-9 MusicI Have Decided To Follow JesusThe Joy of the LordHosannaO Lord You’re BeautifulLove Divine, All Love’s ExcellingCome, Thou Long-Expected Jesus Give at MillplainUmc.org Mill Plain UMC November 26, 2023 10 a.m. Praise Song I have decided to follow Jesus Greeting Call to Worship Lighting of First Advent Candle Leader: O that you would tear open the heavens and come down! People: When the mountains quake at your…
Mill Plain UMC Sunday November 19, 2023 Mill Plain UMCSunday November 19, 2023Into the PromiseScriptureDeuteronomy 34:1-12 MusicHands To The HeavensNot For A MomentYou Are My King (Amazing Love)Promised LandOpen My Eyes That I May SeeLead Me, Guide Me Give at MillplainUmc.org
On Thanksgiving Eve the Interfaith Coalition of Southwest Washington held an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service at Congregation Kol Ami, the Jewish synagogue. This is a tradition that goes back a number of years, though it was interrupted by the pandemic. It was good to resume that tradition, to take time to give thanks before eating a big meal and all the other activities associated with Thanksgiving. It was good to gather with people from other faith traditions. I am grateful for Rabbi Elizabeth…
I met Peggy when I was about ten years old. Peggy’s daughter and I were in Girl Scout’s together, so Peggy was to me just someone else’s Mom, not someone I, as a child, thought much about. Peggy continued in that role when I started to go to the youth group at Simpson United Methodist Church, in Pullman, WA, where that same daughter also attended. As the years passed and I became more active in the church I learned to…
Last fall a number of people from Mill Plain joined a congregational study of a book titled A Bigger Table; Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual Community. I also preached on that theme for three weeks. To my delight, months later the image of a bigger table comes up in multiple ways. Sometimes it is as simple as a meeting with more people than can comfortably fit around the table that had been set up for it. Someone will comment,…