First Presbyterian Church Of San Anselmo

Lessons: Song of Songs 2:8-13; 8:6-7. "Why is the Song of Songs in the Bible? Maybe it ended up here by mistake – by human mistake, anyway. But I am convinced that it is here because God knows we need it. We need it to remind us of the amazing gift of sexuality, and to remind us to treasure that gift, to use it faithfully, to use it to show and increase God’s love."

Lessons: 1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11) 22-30, 41-43. "Solomon got one thing right: No sanctuary can contain God. And yet, we celebrate that God is here. Here in you, and here in me. Here, where we are called to gather, and here, where we are sent out to be signs of God’s mysterious and loving presence.

Lesson: 2 Samuel 18:5-15, 24-33.

Lesson: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:13a. "Let us speak truths and listen to truths, for God’s grace extends to all. God rejoices when we repent. God desires us to be in relationship with Her and with each other. May we be so brave as to listen and to respond…together."

Lesson: 2 Samuel 11:1-15. "Practicing gratitude is an antidote to the arrogance that encourages power to corrupt. And power doesn’t corrupt everybody."

Lesson: 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19. "And I believe with all my heart that what God also wants for us is singing, laughing, and dancing. God gave us these gifts to connect, and to enjoy."

Lessons: 1 Samuel 18:1-9; 2 Samuel 1:17-27 . "We will give ourselves to the work of love that God commands in the world, and we will - with God's help - in our own embodied lives - prove - once and for all - and forever - our almost instinct, absolutely true: what WILL survive of us is love."

Lessons: 1 Samuel 17:1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49. "Eventually, we shall overcome because it is God who will prevail. With David, we say to this giant, “You come to us with hatred and discrimination and violence; but we come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts.”

Lessons: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13. "As the Lord said to Samuel: “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Lessons: 1 Samuel 8:4-20. "...God’s promises don’t cease when we make bad choices. God gives us the freedom to make choices, and that freedom comes with living with the consequences. But whatever we choose, God does not abandon us."

Lesson: Romans 8:(12-13)14-18. "Struggle and glory…we live it together as children of God."

Lessons: Acts 2:1-21. "And so here is the most important question of all: What, if anything, is getting in the way of our hearing the Spirit roar through this place, empowering us to catch the vision, and dream the dream?"

Lessons: Acts 10:44-48. "And may we trust the heartache; may we wake up, notice when someone is hurting, treat each person like a gift from God, and do something."

Lesson: John 15:1-8. "I want to remind you again that God is the vine grower. We have enough to do as branches! Let us continue to grow together… knowing God’s masterful hands guide us, and trusting Christ to lead our way."

Lessons: Psalm 23, John 10:10b-18. "As his followers, God is at work in us to continue the work of the good shepherd. “Do for them, as I did for you,”[11] Jesus told his disciples.

"We are a resurrection people. Life, death, resurrection, hope. We are a part of that equation, for each other. May it be so for you, and for me."

Lesson: John 20:19-34. "And perhaps above all: “I sing because I’m happy. I sing because I’m free. For his eye is on the sparrow. And I know he watches me.” And that’s all the news from San Anselmo, where everyone is spiritual, a few people are religious, and the Presbyterians strive to be holy."

Lessons: Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Mark 16:1-8. "Where human beings know joy and justice, dignity and delight, the stone is rolled away, and there is the risen Christ, beckoning us into Galilee."

Lesson: Mark 11:1-11 (MSG translation). "We are part of a great parade – a tradition spanning centuries when regular people follow along trying to make sense of Jesus and the path he leads us down: the path towards solidarity, freedom, justice, healing, wholeness, and love with a capital “L.”

Lesson: John 12:20-36. "It is our calling as the church, as those who call ourselves the body of Christ in the world: to let the world see Jesus, in us.