Ecclesiastes 3:1-15, Romans 16:1-16 and Hebrews 12:1-3

On Sunday September 19th, the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, our sermon title is Homecoming: Bearing Witness to Past, Present, and Future. The scriptures are Psalm 124, Romans 8:31-39 and Revelation 21:1-5.

A congregation’s Homecoming Sunday may emphasize its past and present, but it’s future is ever before it. So, this Sunday we will have a multitude of voices in song, word, and deeds share about our life together at Kedron UMC.

As Ecclesiastes 3 tells us, there is a times and season for everything and it is good to recall people, places, and things from our church history. And Romans 16 and Hebrews 12 reminds us of the importance of names and what each one means to another. Hebrews 12 says we, the living now, have a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us in memory and in the hope of Resurrection.

We expect to eat together and fellowship after our worship. Again stories, names, and events will be shared. There is much to be said for “church” throughout the year but occasions like Homecoming bring into focus how much we are blessed by past, present, and future. Give God the thanks and praise!

Invite someone and we will see you Sunday!

Pastor Barry †