Jan 19 || Christian Storytelling Part 2:  Evangelism -> The Sharing of the Story

• To know you are loved and claimed by God is a transformational truth--it changes the way you might see yourself, along with the other.
• The story of this love, however, isn't ours individually, but our communally.
• It's not enough to rest in the story of God's love for us (individually).  We are called to share this story of God's love for all... with all.

Jan. 26 || We Make the Road By Walking

• As TPC continues exploring We Make the Road by Walking together, this week our worship once again revolves around the themes of one of its chapters.

Feb. 2 || Paul's Stump Speech

• Politics is powerful (and divisive) today, just as it was two millennia ago.
• We dive into 1 Corinthians chapter 1 and uncover what is, essentially, a stump speech from the Apostle Paul to the entire church community in Corinth.
• A skilled communicator and respected leader, Paul cuts through the political milieu and offers a word few politicians would ever have the courage to say:  "You've ALL got it wrong."
• The Lord's Supper (Communion) will be shared this morning

Feb. 9 ||  The Prophets' Stump Speech

• The people of Israel were often confronted by the politics of their monarchies, evolving economies, and potential invading armies.
• It was the prophets of Israel, however, who spoke truth--both to the people and to the people in power.
• The prophets' proclamations were more than enough to make politicians (and people) on every side of every issue cringe:  redistribute everything.

Feb. 16 || We Make the Road By Walking

• As TPC continues exploring We Make the Road by Walking together, this week our worship once again revolves around the themes of one of its chapters.

Feb. 23 || Youth Sunday

• TPC's Middle & Senior High Youth Groups proclaim their faith and offer a message to us all, as they lead this morning's services which they have prepared.

Season of Lent

• Throughout the season of Lent, TPC will  dive deeply into the Gospel of Matthew ch. 5, 6, and 7 as we also journey through portions of Brian McLaren's book, We Make the Road by Walking

Feb. 26 || Ash Wednesday

• We enter the season of Lent--a time of exploring the distance between the lives God calls us to live and the lives we're actually living--as we gather at 7 p.m. for a service of Communion and the Imposition of Ashes

March 1 || We Make the Road By Walking, ch. 27  ||  "A New Kind of Hero"

• First Sunday of Lent
• Who do disciples aspire to be?
• The Lord's Supper (Communion) will be shared this morning.

March 8 || We Make the Road By Walking, ch. 28 || "A Third Way"

• Second Sunday of Lent
• Are Christians called to look back at the way of Christ and the early church in order to see how we are called to live?
• Or are Christians called to forge ahead, forgetting what lies behind in order to trod the path not yet taken?

March 15 || We Make the Road By Walking, ch. 29 || "Change Yourself to Change the World"

• Third Sunday of Lent
• Is anyone perfect?  Or nearly perfect?  Reformed Christians don't believe so.
• But that doesn't mean we cannot pursue the perfection of Jesus, who offered the "perfect" view of God in the flesh:  full of compassion, grace, and love.

March 22 || We Make the Road By Walking, ch. 30 || "From Anxiety & Judgment to Grace & Fulfillment"

• Fourth Sunday of Lent
• This world overwhelms us with false measurements and judgements until anxiety becomes an unavoidable side-effect of life itself.
• God's kingdom, however, offers an antithesis to the world's anxiety-and-judgement-driven systems.

March 29 || TPC Welcomes Brian McLaren, author of We Make the Road by Walking to worship

• Fifth Sunday of Lent
• TPC is blessed to welcome Brian McLaren back via videoconference.
• We will again speak with Brian about our journey through his book, and particularly our journey through Matthew 5, 6, and 7.

April 5 || Palm Sunday || "Did Jesus Have to Die"

• Each year on Palm Sunday, the sixth Sunday of Lent, we remember Jesus' triumphant procession into the city of Jerusalem, as the crowds greeted him as a king.
• As Holy Week awaits, however, we know things changes radically for Jesus in the days that followed.
• We have long assumed Christ's death was always a part of God's plan, but there is an important question worth asking:  Did Jesus have to die?

April 12 || Easter Sunday

• Christ is risen! Death has been defeated! Sin and judgment have no more power over us.
• But what does all that happenned two millennia ago mean for us today?