This Sunday, along with churches around the world, we will observe All Saints Day in worship. This is a time where we will offer words of remembrance and thanks for those saints who have gone before us. As we do each year, we will speak the names of the saints who have ties to Union. Their families have received a letter inviting them to join us for worship, where they will have the opportunity to either light a candle or stand in loving memory of their family member. Would you take the time this Sunday to welcome them and offer words of support as they remember and give thanks?
My sermon this Sunday will talk about resurrection hope – how even in our own grief, Jesus gives us hope. The focal passage will be Ephesians 1:11-23, but we will also hear additional words from Paul, found in Romans 6. Both texts offer assurance that because of Jesus, we have resurrection hope. I encourage you to read these words during this week.
Resurrection Hope - We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. Romans 6:4-5
Pastor Jane