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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 17, 2022 – 6th Sunday after Pentecost
Rev. Denise Clark-Jones

“AN UPPITY HOLY WOMAN”

In today’s Old Testament reading Amos relays God’s grief and anger with the children of Israel. Israel has exploited and impoverished the most vulnerable in society despite God’s expectation they will be treated with generosity and justice. Just as the cries of the needy have met with Israel’s silence, Amos warns God will become silent to the cries of Israel’s rich and powerful in the future. The Apostle Paul, however, declares Christ to be the creator and redeemer of the whole world, despite human disobedience.  The gospel reading from Luke tells the familiar story of Jesus’ friends, Mary and Martha. When Jesus and his disciples pause their journey to stop at their home, Martha resents her sister Mary for spending time listening to Jesus teach instead of helping her with the household tasks, necessary for offering hospitality to their guests. Jesus responds that Mary has chosen the better part by choosing to listen to Jesus rather than be anxious and distracted by her tasks – and her anger.

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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.”