HARVEST FESTIVAL

Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?" And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." Luke 12:13-15

Greetings in the name of Jesus!

Gratitude for a departed’s life and even the good thing about grief – that it helps us think about our own mortality – can be quickly replaced with greed when heirs think that the sharing of inheritance is not fair. Greed crowds gratitude out of our hearts, fills our minds with thoughts of self-worth, makes us forget about justice, the necessity of Jesus’s sacrifice for us, and undermines the one thing we cannot lack: faith in Him. It was not fair that the sinless One should die for us sinners; and yet – by God’s grace – we harvest what we did not sow and, through faith and patience, inherit eternal life.

Join us this Sunday as we celebrate Harvest Festival. Our day begins with Bible Study and Sunday school from 10am, followed by the Divine Service at 11am. Then, again, for the Divine Service at Oxford Mission from 4:30pm. Please find the bulletin attached with more information.

You are welcome to bring long shelf-life food items and toiletries, which will be given to Whitworth House in Cambridge.

I look forward to seeing you,

Pastor Jaime