First United Methodist Church of Lombard, IL
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August 15th, 2021 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost 10 O’clock in the morning Online & Worship Celebration Link to Facebook Live Order of Worship for Sunday, August 15 The Gospel lesson on Jesus as the Bread of Life continues in John 6, repeating verse 51 from last week’s selection, and continuing through verse 58, on the […]
August 8th, 2021 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost 10 O’clock in the morning Online & Worship Celebration Guest Preacher—Catherine Inserra, Deaconess Love calls us away from drawing borders and building walls, to erasing lines and building bridges. Loving one another calls us to see the burdens we have placed on others that excludes […]
Sunday, August 1st, 2021 Tenth Sunday after Pentecost 10 O’clock in the morning Online & Worship Celebration Service of Holy Communion Following on from last week, our readings continues to call us to faith. This week the challenge is to recognize that faith in God’s grace and abundance must lead us to action – […]
Sunday, July 25th, 2021 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Online & Worship Celebration at 10 o clock in the morning Sunday’s readings are full of apparent contradictions: faith and sin, acceptance and rejection, strength and weakness, fullness and emptiness. Yet every vile deed lamented by the psalmist is offset by God’s deliverance. […]
July 18th, 2021 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Online & Worship Celebration 10 o clock in the morning The image of the shepherd is one of God’s favorite metaphors in both Hebrew and Christian scriptures. God will never lose sight of us, never forget us, and will go after those who are lost, those who […]
July 11th, 2021 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Online & Worship Celebration at 10 in the morning Living into God’s ways sometimes makes us look foolish to the ways of the world. David had no misgivings about dancing before God, even if it appeared scandalous. He was full of passionate zeal for what God had […]
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – Sunday, July 4th, 2021 Online & Worship Celebration @ 10 in the morning Service of Holy Communion For Online, please have your communion elements ready Throughout the history of God’s people, the faithful have at times faced scorn and ridicule. They have struggled to maintain faith while hope slips away. Even […]
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, June 27, 2021 Online & Worship Celebration @ 10 in the morning God knows our sufferings and our longings. However, our human desire is often for justification: justifying that we were right all along, that our way is the best way, that what is important to us must be important to […]
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, June 20, 2021 Online & In Person Worship Celebrations @ 10 in the morning Link to Facebook Live Order of Worship for Sunday, June 20 Remembering that God is in control and that we are not doesn’t mean a literal “Jesus take the wheel.” We all have aspects of our […]
Third Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, June 13, 2021 Online & Worship Celebration @ 10 in the morning. Watch for a Special ENews coming soon related to our Re-Opening! God is at work in all living things. God is at work in nature surrounding us, bringing forth new life. God is at work deliberately in the things […]
