Worship Reflections on Ruth

Manningham Uniting ChurchSummer Series on the Book of Ruth28th January 2024Text: Ruth Chapter 4Theme:         Hope for an Uncertain Future Introduction  Good morning. I hope you have enjoyed the Summer Series thus far. Enjoy is probably an inappropriate word. I hope you have found the series thus far to be engaging and challenging. I have personally learned so much from my research and preparation of the reflections. I have read the book of Ruth from multiple perspectives. This morning, we will focus on…

Manningham Uniting ChurchSummer Series on the Book of Ruth21st January 2024Text: Ruth Chapter 3Theme:         Hope for the Stereotyped Introduction Good morning. Since 2019 the Uniting Church has marked a Day of Mourning  on the Sunday before 26 January to reflect on the dispossession of Australia’s First Peoples and the ongoing injustices faced by First Nations people in this land. We are invited to continue to reflect on the effects of invasion, colonisation and racism on First Peoples.  Let us pray…God, may my words…

Manningham Uniting ChurchSummer Series on the Book of Ruth14th January 2024 Text: Ruth Chapter 2 Theme:         Hope for the Marginalised IntroductionLast Sunday we focused on Chapter One of the Book of Ruth.Let’s recap…Naomi, an Israelite, leaves her home during a famine. While away, in Moab, her husband and sons die. Naomi convinces one of her Moabite daughters-in-law, Orpah to return to her homeland and seek a new life. The other, Ruth, refuses, declaring her love and loyalty to Naomi: “Ruth said, don’t…

Manningham Uniting Church Summer Series on the Book of Ruth 07th January 2024Text: Ruth Chapter 1Theme:         Hope in Difficult Times IntroductionThis morning we begin the Summer series on the Book of Ruth. I would recommend that you take the time this week to read through this book a couple of times.  It is only four chapters, and you can probably read the whole book in less than half an hour.  While the book of Ruth is only four chapters long — approximately…