If the culture around us has its way, the new year comes at us hard and fast. Its messages are clear: New year, new you! Get organized! Go to the gym! Start a new hobby! Do the thing! Yet in Epiphany’s light of the star, God invites us to remain “in thy tender care,” as the Christmas carols remind us. This winter in worship, we’ll listen to the Gospel of Mark and Jesus revealed at its beginning, a Jesus full of tender care: receiving, extending, inviting, and honoring. In stories of baptism and calling, of healing and living, we’ll honor this gentle summons to be tended by the God who calls us beloved.
January 14
Tender Care: Living Under Water
Mark 1:4-11
January 21
Tender Care: Fishing for People
Mark 1:14-20
Amy McClure, proclaimer
January 28
Tender Care: A Spiritual Detox
Mark 1:21-28
Deacon Ordination & Installation
February 4
Tender Care: Keeping Time
Mark 1:29-39
February 11
Tender Care: Bringing It Down the Mountain
Mark 9:2-9