Pastoral Update
for Sunday, April 14, 2024
Third Sunday of Easter
WORSHIP IS IN-PERSON AND LIVESTREAMED ON VIMEO
10:00 a.m. HST
Aloha, Keawalaʻi ‘ohana,
A good question can be clarifying.
In my many years as a philosophy professor I came to understand the special power of questions to illuminate our understanding of what we know and do not know, but wish we did.
The first question of the semester is always the most important, I learned.
A question to ponder this Sunday is worship is this: What does God want?
The answer may surprise you.
This Sunday is the 3rd Sunday of Easter; the lectionary preaching text is Acts 3: 12-19, and our theme is “Resisting Resurrection.”
Here are some additional questions to ponder:
• Is the church in America "dead" or dying, and in need of resurrection?
• Is there a sense in which churches (and individuals) resist resurrection? If so, can we identify some of the ways a church (or individual) can resist resurrection?
• Finally, if you believe that churches sometimes do resist resurrection, let's follow up with this question (which many of us have been asking since we were children, and in fact might be the most serious question of all, the one even a child can pose):
Why?Why do churches resist resurrection?
Please join us in worship this Sunday as we explore these questions.
Whether you worship in person or watch the livestream from wherever you may be in this world, we want you to know that Keawala’i Congregational Church is a house of prayer for all people, and no one belongs here more than you!
Me ke aloha pumehana,
Gary Percesepe
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