This week at the Mitchell UCC

May 5th – 9:30 am – we are having a building a “raised garden”.  Bring your drills and seeds and help to build a few raised garden plots to grow food for the local food pantry.

We will also be having a “cleaning the church day”.

All are welcome.

A “come as you are congregation, where no matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey you are welcome here”

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This week at the Mitchell UCC

Palm Sunday – April 1st – We welcome Rev. Dr. Suzanne Burris as our interim-minister. Sunday School – 9:00 am
Church Worship Service – 10:00 am
Fellowship following Church Service.  All are welcome to join us in welcoming Pastor Sue to the Mitchell community and church community.

April 5th – Maundy Thursday Service – 7:30 pm

April 6th – Good Friday Service – 7:30 pm

Easter Sunday – April 8 – Sunday School – 9:00 am
Church Worship Service – 10:00 am
Fellowship following Church Service.

A “come as you are congregation where no matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey you are welcome here”

 

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This week at the Mitchell UCC

Sunday March 11, 18 and 25: Rev Ted Bader will be leading worship service – all are welcome.

We welcome The Rev. Dr. Suzanne Burris as our interim minister.  Join us Sunday April 1 in welcoming her to the Mitchell community and our church community.  All are welcome.

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This week at the Mitchell UCC

Wednesday: Confirmation 5:30pm Youth group 6:30pm

Thursday: Beyond Theology  7:00pm (childcare provided)

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Enlightenment

I share the following thoughts from a reading on “evolutionary christianity” focusing on the gospel of John 8:12.
 
“Enlightenment cannot be manufactured, manipulated, or delivered on demand. It is always given from another. Wisdom is not a do-it-yourself project. The Spirit blows where it pleases, and for those of us on the journey, all we can do is listen for lessons and remain open. Jesus called this faith.
 
All we can do is ask for the grace to be open and willing enough to recognize the secret doorways God opens for us. The door is almost always some form of suffering–physical, relational, emotional, intellectual, or structural. I DEFINE SUFFERING AS WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU WHENEVER YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL. (italics kristi’s)
 
Enlightenment is not about knowing as much as it is about unknowing; it is not so much learning as unlearning. It is about surrendering and letting go rather than achieving and possessing. It’s more about entering the mystery than arriving at a mental certitude.
 
Enlightenment is all gratuitous grace, and the only reasonable response is a grateful heart and the acknowledgment that, always, there is more to the mystery.”

 

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