July 26, 2024
Hello, Village family,
I'm so delighted to be in worship with you and honored to be preaching this coming Sunday.
This Sunday will be the last and our summer series on "Table Graces." We'll be exploring the Lord's Supper, the Lord's table, as the ultimate table of grace.
There are many tables throughout our lives, and at least for me, I've been fortunate to experience grace at those tables in so many beautiful ways, and at the same time as Christians, as followers of Jesus.
There's one table, one table that provides more sustenance, more hope, more grace than any other table possibly could. I'm talking of course about the table of Jesus Christ, our communion table. So, we'll explore why and how that is on Sunday as we sing and pray and explore God's word and the sacrament of the Lord's supper together. Of course, we can't just talk about communion. We also need to experience it, so we will break bread together in a slightly different way than we usually do.
If you'd like to read ahead our scriptures from the Gospel of Mark 14:12-25. I invite you to read this story in advance perhaps a few times and be thinking and praying on this story as it serves, as the basis for our practice of communion.
I'm excited to experience this with you on Sunday and to connect with you.
Grace and peace, friends,
Rev. Melanie Hardison
We invite you to worship with us
Sundays at 9 & 11 a.m. (traditional worship) and 5 p.m. (The Gathering, alternative worship) at our Mission Campus
and 9:30 a.m. (traditional worship) at our Antioch Campus. If you can’t make it in person, you can livestream our services online.
and 9:30 a.m. (traditional worship) at our Antioch Campus. If you can’t make it in person, you can livestream our services online.