Worship Reflections from April 2023
16 April 2023
…and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews… The disciples were afraid that those who had killed Jesus were possibly on a campaign to find, arrest and execute Jesus’ followers. So they locked themselves away. In the midst of this fear, Jesus comes and says, Peace be with you. Clearly the disciples were afraid. But it is also probable they were angry, angry because Jesus was dead. Jesus’ greeting is…
9 April 2023
Introduction A florist mixed up two orders on a busy day. One was to go to a new business, the other to a funeral. The next day, the guy with the new business stormed into the shop, “What’s the big idea?” The flowers that arrived for our reception said, “Rest in peace.” The florist responded, “Well, if you think that’s bad you should have seen the people at the funeral who got the flowers that said, ‘Good luck in your…
2 April 2023
Introduction We have a long gospel reading for today – Matthew Chapter 26 verse 66 to the end of Matthew Chapter 27: a total of 127 verses. It begins when Judas agrees to betray Jesus (26:14-16) The Last Supper (26:17 – 30) Jesus Predicts Peter’s denial (Matthew 26:31 – 35) Gethsemane (26:36 – 46) Jesus arrested (26:47 – 56) Jesus before the Sanhedrin (26:57 – 68) Peter disowns Jesus (Matthew 26:69 – 75) Judas Hans himself (Matthew 27:1 – 10)…