If you wanted to hear what MMM does to make a change in the lives of the people of Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia, listen to Gus talk about his time in Zambia this fall with Marion Medical Mission.
* 1200 South Carbon Street *Marion, Illinois * Sunday School at 9:00AM * Worship at 10:30AM
1200 South Carbon Street · Marion, Illinois
Faith Development – 9:00 AM * Worship Service – 10:30 AM
Faith Development – 9:00 AM * Worship Service – 10:30 AM
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October 27, 2019 – Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost – And Low Points
1 Kings 12:1-17, 25-29 Kingdom Divided(Mark 10:42-45) Just 2 generations later, we end up in these passages. We hear what we often hear about the young neglecting the wisdom of their elders, of men who need to impress with their strength and virility, and of people who take the wrong advice. Rehoboam angers the people who was meant to serve.…
Christina Krost, Faith in Place representative for Southern Illinois, visited us in worship on October 20, 2019. You can hear what Faith in Place is doing with us, and hear what they do in general. read more here – https://www.faithinplace.org .
October 20, 2019 – Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Cosmos or Anthropos
John 3:9-17 Focus on the idea that the verse is translated poorly, with the world (cosmos) being the focus, not man (anthropos). We’ll talk about how we need to do our part to live in community with the earth and our neighbors. Christina Krost, Faith in Place
October 13, 2019 – Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Go Home
The tail end of this passage is often used at weddings. Often the bias in using it is towards having the woman docilely follow her husband or her husband’s family. That’s not really the power of the narrative though. We have a renewal of the earlier story of the chosen people of God moving from one place to another due to…
October 6, 2019 – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – A Long Practice
Deuteronomy 5:1-21; 6:4-9 Hear O Israel, Ten Commandments (Mark 12:28-31) Over my lifetime, the 10 commandments have made a comeback. It sounds odd to say that, but for the longest time many Christians were convinced that anything Old Testament was made irrelevant by Jesus, including the 10 commandments, and so we heard more about the greatest commandment. And then suddenly there…
September 29, 2019 – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – A Long Delivery
Exodus 1:8-14 [1:15–2:10]; 3:1-15 Moses and God’s Name (Mark 12:26-27a) This small (3 chapter) section of Exodus highlights again how long a scale God does things over. At the very beginning we hear that things have changed in Egypt. The people of God are forgotten – their connection to Joseph and Joseph himself are unknown by those in power. That situation didn’t…
Our midweek programming has moved to Tuesday afternoon from 4-6 pm. Dinner is served at about 5:15 pm.
If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to see fresh, clean water coming up out of a well for the first time in a village that has never had access to safe, cleaning drinking water, then please join us at 1200 S Carbon at 8 am on Thursday, September 26th. We’ll watch a…
September 22, 2019 – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost – A Long Struggle
Genesis 32:[9-13] 22-30 Jacob Wrestles God (Mark 14:32-36) Here we catch up to Jacob as he is about to head home. He has been on a long trip from home. His father sent him to find a wife among the extended family, which he has done, indeed, he has found two wives, 11 children, and been away from home for a…