Sundays sermon on the calming of the storm
The Calming of the Storm Gate Pa: June 24 2012 Readings: Hebrew Scripture: Isaiah 40: 1-11 Psalm: 85: 7-13 Epistle: 2 Corinthians 6: 1-13 Gospel: Mark 4: 35-41 What I want to say: where do we feel like in midst chaos lost control there is no hope as imitators of Christ – not rely on God to fix everything but like Christ who slept in the storm to trust God who is source of all goodness, who bends down in compassionate love and embraces us even What I want to happen: people to continue to know whose they are and to live that out The Sermon: 1. intro to Mark. # story heard this morning Comes after Jesus in boat offering block teaching in series of parables: Farmer sowing seed Lamp-stand - need to use what have Growing seed grows secret – produces corn Mustard seed and he has had it teachin