worship

Worship

Here are some videos from our discussion!

Greetings!

In John’s Gospel, we are presented with a dialogue between Jesus and a woman:

Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you and your people say that it is necessary to worship in Jerusalem.”
Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you and your people will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You and your people worship what you don’t know; we worship what we know because salvation is from the Jews. But the time is coming—and is here!—when true worshippers will worship in spirit and truth. The Father looks for those who worship him this way. God is spirit, and it is necessary to worship God in spirit and truth.”

Tonight, we gather for our first potluck of the year. Because the topic is worship, our study will be an all-ages study; we will be watching some short videos in the sanctuary and then talking in small groups about what we like about worship and what we can imagine worship being. Depending on the number of kids, I’ll host the kids’ discussion.

Lots of News!

Youth Group! Sunday School is back! Pig Roast! and more!

 

The week of September 12 is going to be a big one at Ankeny UCC! We’re kicking off the church year with the return of the choir, the launch of our brand-new Sunday School curriculum, and the launch of our ecumenical youth group with St. Anne’s in the Fields (Episcopal)! Wednesday the 10th, we have the first of our Wednesday dinners (a potluck), and Friday the 12th, just before the Ankeny Jaguar-Ankeny Hawk football game, we’ll be hosting our first-ever tailgate pig roast. Sign up sheets for coleslaw and pies are on the bulletin board, and we’ll need some folks to help set up and break down (and everyone to invite your friends!). Proceeds for the Ankeny BackPack Program and Ankeny UCC Christian Education.