Our season of celebrating baptism continued today by welcoming our new members with their sponsors
This Sunday we welcomed new members to the Creator community: Bill Haase ~ Brandy Henry ~ Victory Hernandez ~ Barbara Hicks ~ Daniel, Lauren, Nina, and Elizabeth Larson ~ and Rin Sims.
Today's Gospel is John 14;15 Jesus said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
What does Jesus mean by keep here? The word translated as “keep” used here in John echoes a Hebrew word found in Genesis 2:15: “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.”
And, at the heart of keeping the earth is the keeping of the commandments. We were called to care for the garden by caring for loving God and neighbor. We guard creation. We guard justice.
And keeping — treasuring, really — springs from love.
Today we felt this love as the new members were introduced to the congregation by their sponsors.There were smiles and sharing all around.
Towards the end of the Gospel text is John 14:20: On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. This is an identity statement we kept in our hearts today as well.
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