Pine United Methodist Church, San Francisco

SUNDAY, JAN. 10, 2021: Join us for this Worship Service in which we talked about baptism: our own experiences, views of what Baptism means for our spiritual lives, and the role of community. Join us at from home with some water and feel free to add any other healing elements to it (i.e. essential oils, salt, herbs, etc.). The Scripture Reading was from Mark 1:4-11, accompanied by these Reflection Prompts for our collective Message:... 1. Our reading today centers on a supernatural event happening on earth, in plain sight. What might this text be telling us about the connections between faith, mystery, and action? What role might the Spirit have? 2. Baptism is one of two sacraments in the UMC. For UMs, baptism centers around community and freedom, rather than purity from sin. What have you been taught about baptism? 3. Are there any truths about God, faith, or your relationships that are being revealed to you through today’s text? If so, how are you being called to respond to these truths or to live into these truths? Content List: 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - Centering Music: "Morning Has Broken" 2:02 - Welcome 4:49 - Call to Worship & Opening Prayer 7:08 - Hymn "Spirit Song" 9:31 - Scripture Reading | Liturgist: Kay In line with Sunday's theme, we watched this video created through a workshop done at the Indigenous Youth Leadership Conference: https://youtu.be/dB6t5eJ3Crs 11:41 - Collective Message 39:35 - Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer 43:21 - Announcements 47:30 - Offertory | Special Music was Tracy Chapman's "Change": https://youtu.be/bukXKdzyGEY 48:31 - Remembering Our Baptism 54:46 - Hymn "How Great Thou Art" 58:00 - Benediction & Passing the Peace 58:31 - Bonus Material from Fellowship God's peace be with you! Join us LIVE on Sundays at 11AM PT: Register at http://tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or email [email protected]. ---------------- Pine UMC is a historically Japanese American church that is intergenerational and a Reconciling Congregation - We are open and affirming of LGBTQIA+ people! We strive to be a church that practices radical welcome. Our English Sunday worship services are traditional and social justice-oriented. We build our sermons collectively, as community sharing our knowledge, insights, and wisdom. Important Pine Links: To give online: http://offering.pineumc.org For Prayer Requests & Visitation with Pastor Jeanelle: http://tinyurl.com/pineprayersvisits

Join us for this Worship Service where, in the spirit of remembering Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we talk about what it is to be called by God and remember others who answer God's prophetic call to social justice. Join us by remembering when God has called you and those who inspire and support you following your call. The Scripture Reading was from 1 Samuel 3:1-20, accompanied by these Reflection Prompts for our collective Message: 1. From our reading today, does awakeni...ng have to do with being called? What does it mean to be called or to have a call? 2. Does answering a call from God always feel easy or difficult? What experiences do you have in responding to a call and what moved you, or supported you, to act? 3. Are there any truths about God, faith, or your relationships that are being revealed to you through today’s text? If so, how are you being called to respond to these truths or to live into these truths? Content List: 0:00 - Intro 0:33 - Centering Music: "Song from a Secret Garden" | Rolf Løvland 3:22 - Welcome 5:58 - Call to Worship & Opening Prayer 8:26 - Hymn "Be Thou My Vision" 10:28 - Scripture Reading | Liturgist: Art In line with Sunday's theme, we watched this video about MLK's radical legacy: https://youtu.be/4pwnWGH4ovs 17:01 - Collective Message 45:09 - Prayers of the People, Special MLK Day Prayer & The Lord's Prayer 50:31 - Announcements 53:27 - Offertory | Special Music was Andra Day's "Stand Up for Something" feat. Common: https://youtu.be/2GhY7qXGx-0 54:29 - Prayer of Thanksgiving 55:02 - Hymn "Here I Am, Lord" 58:54 - Benediction & Passing the Peace God's peace be with you! Join us LIVE on Sundays at 11AM PT: Register at http://tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or email [email protected]. ---------------- Pine UMC is a historically Japanese American church that is intergenerational and a Reconciling Congregation - We are open and affirming of LGBTQIA+ people! We strive to be a church that practices radical welcome. Our English Sunday worship services are traditional and social justice-oriented. We build our sermons collectively, as community sharing our knowledge, insights, and wisdom. Important Pine Links: To give online: http://offering.pineumc.org For Prayer Requests & Visitation with Pastor Jeanelle: http://tinyurl.com/pineprayersvisits

I will have the honor of participating in this prayer service, which will air live at 10am-11am EST/7am-8am PST on Thurs, 1/21 at https://bideninaugural.org/watch and https://cathedral.org with closed captioning and ASL provided.

As people of faith, we are called to learn and work towards right relationship with others, especially in resistance of injustices like racism. We cannot allow injustice to obscure our own ability to recognize our collective identity as Beloveds of God. May this equip those parenting future generations of Asian Americans.

While our calendars would have us believe that the Magi reached Jesus just days after his birth, the journey from present-day Iran and India would have taken fa...r longer months if they hardly rested. Years by many accounts, when Jesus was already a toddler. The journey of the Magi was one of deep, long-trusting faith. The journey before us to show God love by partnering in the Spirit's work is a long and worthy one. Do not be discouraged by the long road ahead. Image is of a picture of a night sky above the desert. In the foreground are the words: epiphany takes time and it's worth it.

SUNDAY, JAN. 3, 2021: Join us for our first Sunday Worship Service of 2021! It is also Epiphany Sunday and the first Sunday of the month, which means we celebrate Communion with one another. Feel free to join us from home with your own elements (some sort of "bread" and "wine"). The Scripture Reading was from Matthew 2:1-12, accompanied by these Reflection Prompts for our collective Message:... 1. What are the threats - materially, politically, ideologically, etc. - to which King Herod is responding? 2. The Magi are met with an important choice - to travel the path they had planned or to take another road. Have there been times in your life that you came to turning points or where your intuition led you towards taking a path you never thought you would? 3. Are there any truths about God, faith, or your relationships that are being revealed to you through today's text? If so, are they pointing to any shifts for yourself, our church community, or our work? Content List: 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Centering Music: "Auld Lang Syne" 1:36 - Welcome 3:33 - Call to Worship & Opening Prayer 5:55 - Hymn "What Child Is This" 7:46 - Scripture Reading | Liturgist: Margaret 10:07 - Collective Message 35:45 - Prayers of the People & The Lord's Prayer 40:18 - Announcements 43:16 - Offertory | Special Music was Kirk Franklin's "We Three Kings": https://youtu.be/dxTxu3A1f7k 44:24 - Great Thanksgiving & Holy Communion 49:48 - Hymn "Love Came Down at Christmas" 51:09 - Benediction & Passing the Peace God's peace be with you! Join us LIVE on Sundays at 11AM PT: Register at http://tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or email [email protected]. Thumbnail Cover: Artwork by Miki de Goodaboom, as shared by FOSNA ---------------- Pine UMC is a historically Japanese American church that is intergenerational and a Reconciling Congregation - We are open and affirming of LGBTQIA+ people! We strive to be a church that practices radical welcome. Our English Sunday worship services are traditional and social justice-oriented. We build our sermons collectively, as community sharing our knowledge, insights, and wisdom. Important Pine Links: To give online: http://offering.pineumc.org For Prayer Requests & Visitation with Pastor Jeanelle: http://tinyurl.com/pineprayersvisits

Happy New Year! We’re back to our regular schedule! Join us on Sunday at 11am PST as we focus on the Magi AKA the Wise Men. Were they all men? Why would these n...on-Jewish and non-Christian people journey such a long way to pay homage to the Liberator of a people not their own? What convinced them to take a road that would protect baby Jesus from the Empire? Welcome to the season of Epiphany. HOW TO JOIN: Register at tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or DM. [image: Artwork by Miki de Goodaboom, with the FOSNA (Friends of Sabeel North America) logo. The artwork is a colorful depiction of the three magi, journeying with the star behind them.]

THIS SUNDAY, OCT. 25, 2020: We continued on in our theme for the month (details below). The text we focused on was 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8. Video to deepen our theme was: https://youtu.be/X5H80Nhmn20. And during our Offering time, we viewed this: https://youtu.be/RY2fr13ibFc. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER: The Reconciling Ministries Network, of which Pine UMC is a part, is joining in their new campaign - Rooted & Rising: RMN’s Commitment to Center Intersectional Justice and E...quity. We will also be framing our worship around Paul’s letters this month. Paul's writings have been historically used by some Christians to exclude and perpetuate discrimination against marginalized people, such as women and LGBTQ+ people. Can we reclaim these texts in ways that are counter-cultural and in ways that resist the status quo? During this month, we will explore themes of how the many identities each of us carry can inform our experiences of oppression, privilege, and liberation. Especially as we prepare ourselves for November elections. For more info you can view campaign info here: https://rmnetwork.org/rootedandrising/ and for more about intersectionality go here: https://rmnetwork.org/what-is-intersectionality We will view some of this material for the month AND we will be revisiting Pine’s Reconciling Statement, written in the early-90s, for a much needed update and recommitment. For more zoom info please register at tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or email [email protected]. Stay tuned to this page for any updates or prep material. ---------------- Pine UMC is a historically Japanese American church that is intergenerational and a Reconciling Congregation - We are open and affirming of LGBTQIA+ people! We strive to be a church that practices radical welcome. Our English Sunday worship services are traditional and social justice-oriented. We build our sermons collectively, as community sharing our knowledge, insights, and wisdom. Important Pine Links: For Worship info: tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship To give online: tinyurl.com/pineoffering For Prayer Requests & Visitation with Pastor Jeanelle: tinyurl.com/pineprayersvisits

SUNDAY, OCT. 18, 2020: We continued on in our theme for the month (details below). The text we focused on was 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10. Video to deepen our theme was: https://youtu.be/WzbADY-CmTs. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER: The Reconciling Ministries Network, of which Pine UMC is a part, is joining in their new campaign - Rooted & Rising: RMN’s Commitment to Center Intersectional Justice and Equity. We will also be framing our worship around Paul’s letters this month. Pau...l's writings have been historically used by some Christians to exclude and perpetuate discrimination against marginalized people, such as women and LGBTQ+ people. Can we reclaim these texts in ways that are counter-cultural and in ways that resist the status quo? During this month, we will explore themes of how the many identities each of us carry can inform our experiences of oppression, privilege, and liberation. Especially as we prepare ourselves for November elections. For more info you can view campaign info here: https://rmnetwork.org/rootedandrising/ and for more about intersectionality go here: https://rmnetwork.org/what-is-intersectionality We will view some of this material for the month AND we will be revisiting Pine’s Reconciling Statement, written in the early-90s, for a much needed update and recommitment. For more zoom info please register at tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or email [email protected]. Stay tuned to this page for any updates or prep material. ---------------- Pine UMC is a historically Japanese American church that is intergenerational and a Reconciling Congregation - We are open and affirming of LGBTQIA+ people! We strive to be a church that practices radical welcome. Our English Sunday worship services are traditional and social justice-oriented. We build our sermons collectively, as community sharing our knowledge, insights, and wisdom. Important Pine Links: For Worship info: tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship To give online: tinyurl.com/pineoffering For Prayer Requests & Visitation with Pastor Jeanelle: tinyurl.com/pineprayersvisits

THIS FRIDAY, OCT. 23: 6PM-8PM PT Continuing to explore our theme of intersectional justice, we will watch Call Her Ganda. The movie is 1 hour and 37 minutes long. If you aren’t able to join at this time, feel free to watch it on your own here: Before Oct. 21: PBS.org - https://www.pbs.org//wa/callherganda/video-call-her-ganda/... After Oct. 21, the movie is available on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Google Play. The trailer can be found here: https://www.pbs.org//video-official-trailer-call-her-ganda/ Or here: https://youtu.be/szI8Dv_EeHk "When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina transwoman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case-an activist attorney (Virgie Suarez), a transgender journalist (Meredith Talusan) and Jennifer's mother (Julita "Nanay" Laude)-galvanize a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of US imperialism. HOW TO JOIN: Register at tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship and type "Call Her Ganda" anywhere in the form.

In case you missed Sunday worship, we continued on in our theme for the month (details below). The text we focused on was 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10. Video to deepen our theme was: https://youtu.be/WzbADY-CmTs. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER: The Reconciling Ministries Network, of which Pine UMC is a part, is joining in their new campaign - Rooted & Rising: RMN’s Commitment to Center Intersectional Justice and Equity. We will also be framing our worship around Paul’s letters thi...s month. Paul's writings have been historically used by some Christians to exclude and perpetuate discrimination against marginalized people, such as women and LGBTQ+ people. Can we reclaim these texts in ways that are counter-cultural and in ways that resist the status quo? During this month, we will explore themes of how the many identities each of us carry can inform our experiences of oppression, privilege, and liberation. Especially as we prepare ourselves for November elections. For more info you can view campaign info here: https://rmnetwork.org/rootedandrising/ and for more about intersectionality go here: https://rmnetwork.org/what-is-intersectionality/ We will view some of this material for the month AND we will be revisiting Pine’s Reconciling Statement, written in the early-90s, for a much needed update and recommitment. For more zoom info please register at tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or email [email protected]. Stay tuned to this page for any updates or prep material. ---------------- Pine UMC is a historically Japanese American church that is intergenerational and a Reconciling Congregation - We are open and affirming of LGBTQIA+ people! We strive to be a church that practices radical welcome. Our English Sunday worship services are traditional and social justice-oriented. We build our sermons collectively, as community sharing our knowledge, insights, and wisdom. Important Pine Links: For Worship info: tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship To give online: tinyurl.com/pineoffering For Prayer Requests & Visitation with Pastor Jeanelle: tinyurl.com/pineprayersvisits

TOMORROW: Oct. 16, 6PM-8PM: Friday Film: Disclosure Continuing to explore our theme of intersectional justice, we will watch Disclosure. If you aren’t able to join at this time, feel free to watch it on your own on Netflix. The movie is 1 hour and 47 minutes long. The trailer can be found here: https://youtu.be/ysbX6JUlaEc... "According to a study from GLAAD, over 80% of Americans don't personally know someone who's transgender. That means most people learn about trans people from the ways they're depicted in movies and TV. From executive producer Laverne Cox and director Sam Feder comes Disclosure, a documentary that chronicles over 100 years of trans representation on screen, from silent film to Dog Day Afternoon, The 40-Year-Old Virgin to Pose." Register at tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship and write "disclosure" anywhere in the form.

Join this informal and intergenerational conversation & study on matters of faith, spirituality, and the state of our world. Come share your insights and experiences; try your assumptions, questions, and thoughts on God and theology in an affirming intergenerational community. This space centers the sharing of older adults, AND everyone is welcome. Feel free to bring your breakfast or brunch! These past months, our framework for conversation is the UMC Social Principles (star...ting "The Economic Community"), which can be found here: https://www.umc.org//basics-of-our-fa/our-social-positions Topics for this month: Poverty, Foreign Workers, Gambling, and Family Farms. Anyone is welcome to join, even if not for the entire session. It doesn’t matter how well-versed you are on the Bible or where you are spiritually - ALL are welcome! Register at tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship, write "Prime Timers" anywhere in the form.

SUNDAY, OCT. 11, 2020: We kicked off our theme for the month (details below). The text we focused on was Philippians 4:1-9. Video to deepen our theme was: https://youtu.be/w6dnj2IyYjE. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER: The Reconciling Ministries Network, of which Pine UMC is a part, is joining in their new campaign - Rooted & Rising: RMN’s Commitment to Center Intersectional Justice and Equity. We will also be framing our worship around Paul’s letters this month. Paul's writin...gs have been historically used by some Christians to exclude and perpetuate discrimination against marginalized people, such as women and LGBTQ+ people. Can we reclaim these texts in ways that are counter-cultural and in ways that resist the status quo? During this month, we will explore themes of how the many identities each of us carry can inform our experiences of oppression, privilege, and liberation. Especially as we prepare ourselves for November elections. For more info you can view campaign info here: https://rmnetwork.org/rootedandrising/ and for more about intersectionality go here: https://rmnetwork.org/what-is-intersectionality We will view some of this material for the month AND we will be revisiting Pine’s Reconciling Statement, written in the early-90s, for a much needed update and recommitment. For more zoom info please register at tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or email [email protected]. Stay tuned to this page for any updates or prep material. ---------------- Pine UMC is a historically Japanese American church that is intergenerational and a Reconciling Congregation - We are open and affirming of LGBTQIA+ people! We strive to be a church that practices radical welcome. Our English Sunday worship services are traditional and social justice-oriented. We build our sermons collectively, as community sharing our knowledge, insights, and wisdom. Important Pine Links: For Worship info: tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship To give online: tinyurl.com/pineoffering For Prayer Requests & Visitation with Pastor Jeanelle: tinyurl.com/pineprayersvisits

Happy #NationalComingOutDay! Pine United Methodist Church, San Francisco celebrates all sexual and gender identities, questioning and those who are coming out to themselves. We are all fully known and fully loved by the Creator. As a prayer, we lift up this song "For Everyone Born" - sung by our queer friends - as we work for collective justice, joy, compassion, and peace in the world. [Video Description: Two Asian American Queer-identifying Christians playing piano and singi...ng the hymn, "For Everyone Born (A Place at the Table)"] Song Lyrics: Verse 1 For everyone born, a place at the table, for everyone born, clean water and bread, a shelter, a space, a safe place for growing, for everyone born, a star overhead, [CHORUS] and God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy, compassion and peace: yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice, justice and joy! Verse 3 For young and for old, a place at the table, a voice to be heard, a part in the song, the hands of a child in hands that are wrinkled, for young and for old, the right to belong, [CHORUS] Verse 5 For everyone born, a place at the table, to live without fear, and simply to be, to work, to speak out, to witness and worship, for everyone born, the right to be free, [CHORUS]

THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER: The Reconciling Ministries Network, of which Pine UMC is a part, is joining in their new campaign - Rooted & Rising: RMN’s Commitment to Center Intersectional Justice and Equity. We will also be framing our worship around Paul’s letters this month. Paul's writings have been historically used by some Christians to exclude and perpetuate discrimination against marginalized people, such as women and LGBTQ+ people. Can we reclaim these texts in wa...ys that are counter-cultural and in ways that resist the status quo? During this month, we will explore themes of how the many identities each of us carry can inform our experiences of oppression, privilege, and liberation. Especially as we prepare ourselves for November elections. For more info you can view campaign info here: https://rmnetwork.org/rootedandrising/ and for more about intersectionality go here: https://rmnetwork.org/what-is-intersectionality/. We will view some of this material for the month AND we will be revisiting Pine’s Reconciling Statement, written in the early-90s, for a much needed update and recommitment. For more zoom info please register at tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or email [email protected]. Stay tuned to this page for any updates or prep material. ---------------- Pine UMC is a historically Japanese American church that is intergenerational and a Reconciling Congregation - We are open and affirming of LGBTQIA+ people! We strive to be a church that practices radical welcome. Our English Sunday worship services are traditional and social justice-oriented. We build our sermons collectively, as community sharing our knowledge, insights, and wisdom.

THIS SUNDAY, OCT. 4, 2020: Soko Bukai (historically Japanese American Christian churches of San Francisco), of which Pine UMC is a part, gathered together for our annual joint World Communion Sunday Service. We were pleased to have with us as our Presenters, Ligia Montano and Jessica Lehman from San Francisco Senior and Disability Action (SDA). We learned about care-rationing and how we can respond in ways that uplift and advocate those who are often marginalized by our healt...hcare system - seniors and people with disabilities. To take action alongside SF SDA, you can: 1. Send a letter to Kaiser for transparency and to stop care rationing: https://actionnetwork.org/lette/kaiser-stop-care-rationing/ 2. Check out this list of many ways to take action and to get the word out about this campaign: https://docs.google.com//12AUFCBUi5s7Q2Vg2EKJF0YmhHNA/edit 3. Protect Voting Rights for those in Long-Term Care Facilities: https://www.actionnetwork.org//take-action-voting-in-long- 4. And/Or make a Donation to SDA: https://sdaction.org/support-sda/ Three churches of different denominations were present: Pine UMC, Christ United Presbyterian Church (CUPC), and Sei Ko Kai (Christ Episcopal Church). In lieu of Communion over Zoom, we participated in an Agape Meal. For more zoom info for joining worship with Pine UMC, please register at https://tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or email [email protected]. We do not consider Offering to be a fee. It is a spiritual practice based in graciousness and gratitude. Consider it "paying it forward" by empowering and sustaining our community's unique ministries and services. It helps to ensure that Pine is available to all who seek spaces like this. https://www.tinyurl.com/pineoffering ---------------- Pine UMC is a historically Japanese American church that is intergenerational and a Reconciling Congregation - We are open and affirming of LGBTQIA+ people! We strive to be a church that practices radical welcome. Our English Sunday worship services are traditional and social justice-oriented. We build our sermons collectively, as community sharing our knowledge, insights, and wisdom.

THIS SUNDAY, SEPT. 27, 2020: Our last Sunday exploring this new theme - #MessyAF: A Story of Liberation! We close out our journey alongside the book of Exodus for now. This Sunday, we talked about Exodus 17:1-7, which focuses on the Israelite people appealing to Moses for water in their journey through the desert. Some Reflection Points: 1. How do you feel about Moses' response to the Israelite people to this lack of water? What motivates Moses to go to God?...Continue reading

THIS SUNDAY, SEPT. 20, 2020: Our third Sunday exploring our theme - #MessyAF: A Story of Liberation! We journey alongside the book of Exodus. This Sunday, we had an afternoon prayer service instead, to encourage folks to attend the Cal-Nev Annual Conference Worship Service of Ordination, so this service was a bit shorter with fewer voices. This Sunday we talked about Exodus 16:2-15, which focuses on the Israelite people's hunger as they journey through the wilderness and God ...responding through miraculous food - manna. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER: Moving towards liberation is not always a straight line, nor is it always a clear cut path. Often times, the journey towards liberation can be a very messy one. It can cause us to reassess who we are as individuals and as communities. It can cause upheaval to our relationships, including our relationships with God. It can cause us to question any frameworks we have created in interpreting our world. We will reflect on and explore this messiness towards liberation through the story of the Exodus in the Bible - in which God, through Moses, brought enslaved Israelites out from under the thumb of the Egyptian Empire at the time. What happened after they left Egypt? Did their struggles dissipate? Is this story a liberating one for all people? If not, how might that be problematic or justify harm? Approaching November elections and in the midst of uncertain times, how can we ready ourselves for the continued march towards justice and liberation for the long haul? For more zoom info please register at https://tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship or email [email protected]. We do not consider Offering to be a fee. It is a spiritual practice based in graciousness and gratitude. Consider it "paying it forward" by empowering and sustaining our community's unique ministries and services. It helps to ensure that Pine is available to all who seek spaces like this. https://www.tinyurl.com/pineoffering ---------------- Pine UMC is a historically Japanese American church that is intergenerational and a Reconciling Congregation - We are open and affirming of LGBTQIA+ people! We strive to be a church that practices radical welcome. Our English Sunday worship services are traditional and social justice-oriented. We build our sermons collectively, as community sharing our knowledge, insights, and wisdom.

Tomorrow, we'll take a look at Exodus 17:1-7. To get the info to join us live, go to tinyurl.com/pinesundayworship. And here are some points to ponder: 1. How d...o you feel about Moses’ response to the Israelite people to this lack of water? What motivates Moses to go to God? 2. Communities often respond to injustice or oppression with complacency or with speaking out or complaining. Have you witnessed or experienced communities, or yourself, respond to injustice or oppression? 3. Based on today’s reading, for the Israelite people who have been liberated from enslavement, how might the healing happen? How might this event be part of it? 4. How might today’s reading point to liberation? Might it challenge any binaries or frameworks you see existing in our world, in our communities, in our relationships, or in yourself? 5. How is this text relevant for us today? How might it inform how we move through the world as people of faith and in our ministry? See you tomorrow!