Can we hear Ishmael crying in the desert, cast out from his family, see his suffering, and bring him back into the family?

Readers today: John Gidmark, lector; David Anderson, Assisting Minister

Attached is a pdf for worship in the home on this Sunday. There is only one link for the whole worship service. It is embedded in the pdf. You might want to print off the pdf for reference, since you will have the video on your screen for the whole time of worship.

Here’s the pdf with links:

Liturgy pages, 3 Pentecost Lect. 12 A – 06-21-20

Here is a link of the worship service if you’d rather link from here than the pdf:
Worship video, 3 Pentecost, Lect. 12 A, June 21, 2020

Note:
Pr. Crippen is on vacation from June 22 to July 5. Please contact Vicar Reading for any pastoral needs or concerns, at Vicar’s email, or by calling the church office, 612-827-5919, and leaving a message.

Looking ahead to Tuesday: Attached here is a copy of the readings for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Lect. 13 A, for use in the Tuesday noon Bible study. Links to that virtual study are included in the Olive Branch each week.

Readings, 4 Pentecost, Lect. 13 A Readings – Tuesday study

God’s promise of justice and mercy and peace will surely come to pass, and today it is we who participate in that happening.

Readers today: Eric Manuel, lector; Paul Nixdorf, Assisting Minister

Attached is a pdf for worship in the home on this Sunday. There is only one link for the whole worship service. It is embedded in the pdf. You might want to print off the pdf for reference, since you will have the video on your screen for the whole time of worship.

Here’s the pdf with links:

Liturgy pages, 2 Pentecost Lect. 11 A – 06-14-20

Here is a link of the worship service if you’d rather link from here than the pdf:
Worship video, 2 Pentecost, Lect. 11 A, June 14, 2020

Looking ahead to Tuesday: Attached here is a copy of the readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, Lect. 12 A, for use in the Tuesday noon Bible study. Links to that virtual study are included in the Olive Branch each week.
3 Pentecost, 12 A Readings – Tuesday study

The dance of love that is the Holy and Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is our celebration and joy today.

Readers today: Amy Thompson, lector; Kathy Thurston, Assisting Minister

Attached is a pdf for worship in the home on this Sunday. There is only one link for the whole worship service. It is embedded in the pdf. You might want to print off the pdf for reference, since you will have the video on your screen for the whole time of worship.

Here’s the pdf with links:

Liturgy pages, The Holy Trinity A – 06-07-20

Here is a link of the worship service if you’d rather link from here than the pdf:
Worship video, The Holy Trinity, June 7, 2020

Looking ahead to Tuesday: Attached here is a copy of the readings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, Lect. 11 A, for use in the Tuesday noon Bible study. Links to that virtual study are included in the Olive Branch each week.
2 Pentecost, Lect. 11 A Readings – Tuesday study

God’s Spirit is poured out and the world changes.

Readers today: Jim Bargmann, lector; Vicar Bristol Reading, Assisting Minister

Attached is a pdf for worship in the home on this Sunday. There is only one link for the whole worship service. It is embedded in the pdf. You might want to print off the pdf for reference, since you will have the video on your screen for the whole time of worship.

Here’s the pdf with links:

Liturgy pages, Day of Pentecost A – 05-31-20

Here is a link of the worship service if you’d rather link from here than the pdf:
Worship video, Day of Pentecost A, May 31, 2020

Looking ahead to Tuesday: Attached here is a copy of the readings for the feast of the Holy Trinity, year A, for use in the Tuesday noon Bible study. Links to that virtual study are included in the Olive Branch each week.
Holy Trinity A Readings – Tuesday study

The eve of Pentecost has been for many years a night for a Vigil prayer service at Mount Olive, calling on the Holy Spirit to come in our midst. This night, in the midst of the grief and anger over George Floyd’s murder and the systemic injustice and racism and white supremacy that this was a part of, because of the unrest in our city, and the destructive elements burning our city who do not care for justice or for the legitimate, just protests, as well as because of the pandemic, we cannot gather. We need to stay home for the sake of our neighbors in more ways than we can name now.

We remember this night Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s prayer: “Goodness is stronger than evil; love is stronger than hate; light is stronger than darkness; life is stronger than death.”

This liturgy is as we do it every year, with the exception that we cannot be anointed with oil as the sign of the Spirit’s dwelling in us. But the Spirit dwells in you, in me, in all God’s children. For that, we keep vigil with our city, our state, our nation, and our world, and pray, “Come, Holy Spirit.”

Attached is a pdf for worship in the home for this Vigil. There is only one link for the whole worship service. It is embedded in the pdf. You might want to print off the pdf for reference, since you will have the video on your screen for the whole time of worship.

Here’s the pdf with links:
Liturgy pages, Vigil of Pentecost – 05-30-20

Here is a link of the worship service if you’d rather link from here than the pdf:
Video, Vigil of Pentecost, May 30, 2020