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We are glad that you are here this morning. We hope this time of worship nurtures
your faith enlivens your spirit and engages your mind as we celebrate God’s
love and healing for the world with the resurrection of Christ, our Risen Lord.

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READ THE SERMON

July 3, 2022 – 4th Sunday after Pentecost
Rev. Denise Clark-Jones

“HAPPY DEPENDENCE DAY”

On this Sunday of July 4^th weekend, our scripture readings direct us to reflect on the congruences and conflicts between Christian identity and national identity. What is the relationship between “independence” and the Christian gospel? In our reading from 2 Kings, an army commander’s power and wealth cannot rid him of his painful, disfiguring leprosy. Only by submitting to the authority of God’s prophet Elisha, is Namaan healed. With poetic language, the psalmist’s lament over adverse circumstances beyond their own control turns to praise for God’s saving grace. The Apostle Paul warns the Galatian congregation against submitting to others’ demands for conformity to human expectations rather than living the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus discourages his disciples from boasting of their own power for healing, which comes from God; and, from becoming discouraged when they are rejected by the people with whom they try to share the gospel.

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“What goes through your mind as you sit in the sanctuary and look around?

As I sit in my pew and look up at the cross with the wonderful light illuminating it, I am reminded of why I am at Westminster on this particular day. The cross reminds me that Christ died for me and, in a sense, I am to do the same in my daily life. The brightness of the cross illustrates for me the brightness of living my life in the way of Christ.”