I sat transfixed, in the
synagogue
watching him read
from the ancient scroll
I heard Jesus’ words
my friend in the pulpit
someone I had known
I had lived beside, all
of my life
He rose to read scripture
but what was he saying
I know this man, this
neighbor
how could he claim Isaiah
that the prophecy was
fulfilled
in our hearing, this time
in this moment as we
heard it
read aloud by Jesus
our neighbor, known to us
how could this be,
fulfilled
we were hanging on every
word
all eyes upon him,
anxious,
what was he saying,
blasphemy
soon our hands upon him
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Edited
January 31, 2013
January
27, 2013
Luke
4:14-21 (Common English Bible)
as it must have sounded to his neighbors
Isaiah
61:1-2
and see Luke 4:22-30
&
Luke
4:14-21 (Common English Bible)
Nehemiah
8:1-3 (Common English Bible)
1
Corinthians 12:21-31a (Common English Bible)
Psalm
27
Worship
Theme: The People of God Unite
Call
to Worship (Psalm 27:1, 4-5, & 13-14 NIV Bible)
Unison
Prayer
Prayer of
Dedication (GBOD © 2013 Psalm 27)
and
sermon – “Like a Hand in a Glove”
by
Pastor Ruth Foss
A Handmaiden of the Lord
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January
27, 2013
Third
Sunday after Epiphany
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