From Our Pastors

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Rev. Megan
Berkowitz

Rev. Amy
Clark Feldman

Pastor Megan
March 22, 2024

This is the final week of our Lenten journey before Jesus rides into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and Holy Week begins.  This Lent we have been “Dwelling in the Heart” of things with Jesus, attempting to simplify and slow down as much as we can, in order to make space for what really matters, resting in the love of God and care for one another. 

In this holiest of weeks, we invite you to dwell even more fully in the story that is at the very sacred heart of our faith. Dwell with your community of faith, your church, as we enter Jerusalem with Jesus this Sunday (Palm Sunday), and remember how Jesus overturned tables of injustice and oppression and imparted final words of teaching and healing to his followers.  On Holy Thursday, join us for a Tenebrae service accompanied by beautiful Taizé music.  We’ll gather around the table of Jesus as the disciples did at that final supper, to be reminded of how brokenness can be turned into blessing, and violence into a new promise of peace. May this week be a blessing for you; and may this week be a blessing for all of us together, dwelling in the heart.

Peace,
Amy

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