Worship This Week
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Worship This Week
Sunday, August 20, 2017
11th Sunday after Pentecost
We'll be back in the Old Testament this week in worship. The story will come from the long narrative of Joseph and his brothers that closes the book of Genesis. If you have time, you might want to re-read the whole story from Genesis 37 to 50 (It's hot outside; stay inside and read.). It's a story many of us learned in Sunday School, but it never hurts to read or hear it again. Sunday's text comes from near the end of the long narrative of Joseph and his brothers, long after those brothers sold him into slavery, long after he went to jail, long after he became an official in Pharaoh's court. It is the story of when Joseph confronts his brothers who do not know him when they come to Egypt in search of food. The text is Genesis 45:1-15. The sermon asks "Where Will We Look?" Joseph could have looked back and found all kinds of reasons to hate his brothers. Or he could choose to look forward and made peace. We face the same options, hopefully not as dramatic as the ones Joseph faced, but we, too have to decide how long we will allow the past and its pain to dominate our present and, more importantly, our future. We'll explore all that together.
Steve Cox and his crew will be with us to provide special music early in the service.
I look forward to worshiping with you this week.
Bob Phelps, Pastor
J J White Memorial Presbyterian Church
110 Third Street
McComb, MS 39648
church phone 601.684.4189
Worship This Week
Sunday, August 20, 2017
11th Sunday after Pentecost
We'll be back in the Old Testament this week in worship. The story will come from the long narrative of Joseph and his brothers that closes the book of Genesis. If you have time, you might want to re-read the whole story from Genesis 37 to 50 (It's hot outside; stay inside and read.). It's a story many of us learned in Sunday School, but it never hurts to read or hear it again. Sunday's text comes from near the end of the long narrative of Joseph and his brothers, long after those brothers sold him into slavery, long after he went to jail, long after he became an official in Pharaoh's court. It is the story of when Joseph confronts his brothers who do not know him when they come to Egypt in search of food. The text is Genesis 45:1-15. The sermon asks "Where Will We Look?" Joseph could have looked back and found all kinds of reasons to hate his brothers. Or he could choose to look forward and made peace. We face the same options, hopefully not as dramatic as the ones Joseph faced, but we, too have to decide how long we will allow the past and its pain to dominate our present and, more importantly, our future. We'll explore all that together.
Steve Cox and his crew will be with us to provide special music early in the service.
I look forward to worshiping with you this week.
Bob Phelps, Pastor
J J White Memorial Presbyterian Church
110 Third Street
McComb, MS 39648
church phone 601.684.4189
