24. "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a ...

This Sunday’s Gospel comes in short (Matthew 22:1-10) and long (Matthew 22:1-14) versions. I urge clergy to exert themselves and read reading four extra verses, because they address a too-neglected ...

At a time when division and polarization have come to characterize civil society and even churches, the celebration of the Lord's Supper stands as a sign of unity: "Because there is one bread, we who ...

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On the first Sunday of October, many Christian churches of a wide range of traditions will observe World Communion Sunday. In the United States, World Communion Sunday marks 85 years going back to Oct ...

On World Communion Sunday Oct. 5, Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton will celebrate by hearing a variety of languages. At both the 9 and 11:11 a.m. worship, churchgoers will hear Scripture, music ...