Zions Stone UCC

Continuing the series, The Church Is/Is Not, Pastor Mike drawing from the conversion of St. Paul preaches on how his conversion to Christ is the model for our own. Our conversion isn't a one time deal but the constant readjustment of our hearts according to the Word of God and the sacramental life of the church which is a marked difference from the wider culture's journey of self actualization. Conversion of St. Paul, Year B: Acts 26:9-21; Galatians 1:11-24; Matthew 10:16-22 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 Image by Silas Barr Photography

Second Sunday of Epiphany, Year B Building on his theme from last week of rival "baptisms" that seek to draw us from Christ, Pastor Michael begins a series on the church is/is not. In today's sermon he focuses on the church being a hospital where the treatment given through the sacraments, and communal life, are brought to bear on our problem of sin and sets this against the idea that the church is the place where political and social activists are formed. www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 Image by Silas Barr Photography

Pastor Mike preaches on how rival baptisms, primarily those on the political right and left, try to draw us away from living out our baptism into Christ by replacing it with worldviews and ideologies contrary to the way of Christ. First Sunday of Epiphany, Year B: Genesis 1:1-5; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Drawing from John 1, Pastor Mike preaches on the eternal Word of God as the foundation of reality and the pattern that sets for the church's life and mission. Second Sunday of Christmas, Year B: Sirach 24:1-12; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1:1-18 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike reads the Nativity sermon originally preached by one of our fathers in the faith: St. John Chrysostom. First Sunday of Christmas, Year B www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on God's promises to David and the annunciation to the Virgin Mary and how God continually does what looks like, from our perspective to be, the impossible. Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B: 2 Samuel 7:1-11,16; Romans 16:25-27; Luke 1:26-38 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on what it means to always rejoice, pray, and give thanks and how that will help us to abstain from evil as we await the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Third Sunday of Advent, Year B: Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; John 1:6-8,19-28 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on the coming day of the Lord and how scoffers call it into question by what looks to be God's inactivity. But what looks like inactivity is God exercising patience so that more can come to repentance. 2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B: Isaiah 40:1-11; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Jeannette Bellesfield, our guest homilist, preaches on the first Sunday of Advent giving us hope as we wait, in the in-between time, for Jesus' second coming. We wait and wonder and shine our light of hope leading us up to the Christmas event. 1st Sunday of Advent, Year B: Isaiah 64:1-9; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:24-37 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on the parable of the sheep and the goats and how as King , Christ rules and reigns over all and on the last day will judge all. Christ the King, Year A: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on how the coming Day of the Lord is meant to be a message of encouragement as well as what it means that salvation is something we have yet to fully obtain. 24th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Zephaniah 1:7,12-18; I Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on the parable of the five wise and the five foolish virgins. 23rd Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Wisdom 6:12-16; I Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Drawing from St. John's first epistle, Pastor Mike preaches on what we're destined to become, how our destiny is grounded in God's love, and how what we are to become is able to begin to be seen in the here and now. All Saints, Year A: Revelation 7:9-17; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Drawing from St. Paul's first letter to the church at Thessalonica, Pastor Mike preaches on the three traps- flattery, greed, and glory- that if not avoided will damage or negate our Christian witness and evangelistic efforts. 21st Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Deuteronomy 34:1-12; I Thessalonians 2:1-8; Matthew 22:34-46 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Silas Barr Photography

Concluding the series on Exodus, Pastor Mike preaches on Moses' intercession for the people of Israel after their sin, God's promise to go with them, and Moses' request to see God's glory, how Jesus Christ as the image of the glory of God mediates it to us, and how God's ongoing presence with us is a sign of our distinctness as his people. 20th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Exodus 33:12-23, I Thessalonians 1:1-10, Matthew 22:15-22 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Silas Barr Photography

Pastor Mike preaches on the final commandments not covered the previous week: how they indicate that God cares how we treat our neighbors and family, our sexual proclivities, and the inherent dignity we all have as human beings created in God's image as well as how Christ's walking in love models how we can best keep the commandments. 19th Sunday After Pentecost: Exodus 20:1–4,7-9,12-20 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Silas Barr Photography

Pastor Mike preaches on the Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue. Before dealing with the first four commandments that deal with the interior life, or our relationship with God, we have to remember the point of the law and correct some misconceptions about the people of Israel and their relationship to it. 18th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Exodus 20:1-4,7-9,12-20; Philippians 3:4-14; Matthew 21:33-46 www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Silas Barr Photography

Pastor Mike preaches on the story of the people of Israel grumbling because of the lack of water. It demonstrates their lack faith and their expectation that God is supposed to respond to their demands. In spite of that, God still graciously supplies water from a rock which we learn is actually Christ. 17th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Exodus 17:1-7; Philippians 2:1-13; Matthew 21:23-32 https://www.gofundme.com/f/ZionsStoneChurchRepairFund Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Silas Barr Photography

Continuing through the series on Exodus, Pastor Mike preaches on the grumbling of the people of Israel and God's response in sending them bread from heaven and how we, in our own faithlessness, are fed by and on Jesus Christ the true heavenly bread in the Holy Eucharist. 16th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Exodus 16:2-15; Philippians 1:21-30; Matthew 20:1-16 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Silas Barr Photography

Pastor Mike preaches on the deliverance of the people of Israel from Egypt through the miracle of the opening of the Red Sea. The water that delivered and saved them from their enemies brought destruction upon the Egyptians. The miracle at the Red Sea is also a picture of the gospel of Christ's deliverance of humanity from our enemies of sin and death. 15th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Exodus 14:19-31; Romans 14:1-12; Matthew 18:21-35 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Silas Barr Photography

Pastor Mike preaches on the institution of the Passover by dealing with being made uncomfortable with the death of all the firstborn and what's going on behind the scenes spiritually that can help us make sense of it. 14th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Exodus 12:1-14; Romans 13:8-14: Matthew 18:15-20 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Silas Barr Photography

Continuing through Exodus, Pastor Mike preaches on Moses' unexpected encounter with God at the burning bush and how that encounter asked of him, and of us, to place his trust, faith, and obedience in God (He also explores some of the typology behind the imagery and the revelation of the divine name). 13th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Exodus 3:1-15; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Silas Barr Photography

Beginning a new series on Exodus, Pastor Mike preaches on the forgetfulness of Pharaoh leading to oppression of the Children of Israel, and God's preservation of his people and providentially sending a deliverer. 12th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Exodus 1:8-2:10; Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:13-20 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Silas Barr Photography

Drawing from the Joseph story in Genesis 45, Pastor Mike preaches on how the Christian vocation of the preservation of life conflicts with the surrounding culture's worship of the cult of death, and how we are to resist its influences. 11th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 45:1-15; Romans 11:1-2a,29-32; Matthew 15:21-28 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 image by Reinherdi from Pixabay

Our own Ray Biery preaches on even though we're not always perfectly faithful during difficulties, there are ways that we can refocus our faith when doubts arise all around us. 10th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 37:1-7,12-28; Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 Image by photosforyou from Pixabay

Greg Parker Jr. is a candidate for ordination in the PCA. He is a graduate of Cairn University and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Edinburgh. His work focuses on the theology and ethics of the Dutch Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck. This morning he preaches on Psalm 62 and finding hope in the silence of God.

8th Sunday after Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 29:15-28; Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33,44-52 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on the story of Mary Magdalene's experience at the empty tomb and how it mirrors our own encounter with the risen Christ and the mission he has tasked us with. Feast of St. Mary Magdalene: II Corinthians 5:14-18; John 20:11-18 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 Photo Credit: Pisit Heng @Unsplash.com

Pastor Mike preaches on the struggle between Jacob and Esau and our own struggles between our flesh and the Spirit, our struggles with God, and our struggles with one another. 6th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 25:19-34; Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Drawing from the insights of St. Ambrose, Pastor Mike preaches on the story of Isaac and Rebecca in Genesis 24 on why Isaac can't take a wife from the local people, how Rebecca's choice is similar to Abraham's, and how Isaac and Rebecca are representatives of Christ and the church (as well as the human soul seeking divine union with God). 5th Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 24:34-38,42-49,58-67; Romans 7:15-25a; Matthew 11:16-19,25-30 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on the story of Abraham's testing by God. It shows us that faith is not just mentally assenting to propositions and how our preparation and response to the test matters to our Christian walk. 4th Sunday After Pentecost: Genesis 22:1-14; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 10:40-42 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Drawing on today's reading from Romans and Psalm 116, Pastor Mike preaches on how we react to the unexpected generosity of God, how we can never repay that generosity, and how we respond in grateful service. 2nd Sunday After Pentecost, Year A: Genesis 18:1-15; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on St. Paul's final instructions to the church at Corinth as a model for how we should seek to cure the ongoing problems of distorted human nature and factionalism in both the church and issues of justice in our culture. Trinity Sunday, Year A: Genesis 1:1-2:4; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; Matthew 28:16-20 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

In today's message, Pastor Mike speaks on the racial tensions in our country before speaking about how our being filled with the Holy Spirit gives us the ability to prophetically proclaim the saving acts of God as revealed in Jesus Christ. Pentecost, Year A: Numbers 11:24-30; Acts 2:1-21; John 7:37-39 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Drawing from Jesus' High Priestly prayer, Pastor Mike preaches on eternal life as ever deepening communion with God, and the glory shared between the Father & the Son, and how it is shared with us. 7th Sunday after Easter: Acts 1:6-14; 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11; John 17:1-11 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

In this short reflection on the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, Pastor Mike speaks about the necessity of the Ascension as part of the Christian faith. If Jesus was not raised and then ascended then the Spirit has not been given and the scriptures remain closed to us. Ascension of the Lord: Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on St. Paul's sermon from the Areopagus where he linked the altar to the unknown god with the true God. When confronted by the knowledge of the true God, all are called upon to repent and place their faith in Jesus Christ. 6th Sunday of Easter: Acts 17:22-31; 1 Peter 3:13-22; John 14:15-21 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on the martyrdom of St. Stephen and how we have been given the same Holy Spirit who will grant us boldness in witnessing to Jesus Christ and boldness to stand against the wickedness in our world. 5th Sunday of Easter: Acts 7:55-60; 1 Peter 2:2-10; John 14:1-14 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Drawing from John 10, Pastor Mike preaches on Jesus' description and explanation of being the door, the shepherd, and the proper place and identity of the faithful gatekeeper. 4th Sunday of Easter: Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 2:19-25; John 10:1-10 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Drawing from the story of Jesus encountering two disciples on the road to Emmaus, Pastor Mike preaches on Jesus Christ being the metanarrative of the arc of Scripture and of our lives. 3rd Sunday After Easter: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; 1 Peter 1:17-23; Luke 24:13-35 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on the living hope that we have in Jesus Christ and how that hope enables us to endure times of testing and hardship as we await our inheritance: salvation. 2nd Sunday After Easter: Acts 2:14a, 22-32; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 Photo by Feliphe Schiarolli on Unsplash

Pastor Mike shares a short reflection on Jesus' arrest in the garden, Peter's cutting off someone's ear, and our own unwillingness to hear and recognize Jesus and what he has done for our salvation. Good Friday: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 22:1-18, 19-21; John 18:1-19:37 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Drawing from St. Paul's epistle to the Philippians and Jesus being judged before Pilate, Pastor Mike preaches on the Lordship of Jesus Christ and how it is exercised through humility. Palm/Passion Sunday: Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 27:11-54 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 Image by Gerhard Gellinger from Pixabay

Pastor Mike preaches on the raising of Lazarus and how it highlights our unrealistic expectations about sickness and death, our experience of grief, and the glory that awaits us if we are Christ's. 5th Sunday of Lent: Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on St. Paul's instructions to the Ephesians to no longer walk in darkness but to be awakened by the light of Christ and lay aside sin, and how this is highlighted by Jesus' healing of the blind man. 4th Sunday of Lent: Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches from Romans 5 and what St. Paul says about our having peace with God, as well as the role of suffering in the Christian life and how it produces endurance and character. 3rd Sunday of Lent: Exodus 17:1-7; Romans 5:1-11; John 4:5-42 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches on the story of Nicodemus visiting Jesus by night and his confusing Jesus' words about being born from above with born again, and how that confusion continues in our own time. 2nd Sunday of Lent: Genesis 12:1-4a; Romans 4:1-5,13-17; John 3:1-17 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Drawing from the Jonah story, Pastor Mike preaches on divine anger and its purpose in the biblical narrative and how God's anger is always tied in with, and can be averted by, repentance. Midweek Lenten Vespers: Jonah 3:1-10; Luke 21:34-22:6 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5

Pastor Mike preaches from the story of Jesus' temptation and how Jesus' not yielding to Satan undoes the sin of Adam and Eve failing their own moment of temptation. 1st Sunday of Lent: Genesis 2:15-17,3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5 Image taken from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christ%27s_temptation_(Monreale).jpg

Pastor Mike preaches on Jesus' remarks about not marking yourself when fasting and the church's practice of beginning Lent by doing something that seems to be exactly what he was talking about. Ash Wednesday: Joel 2:1-2,12-17; II Corinthians 5:20-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 www.gofundme.com/SaveZionsStoneUCC Intro & Outro music: Parallel by Hotel Pools & oDDling www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFal0LKZw…kVShypKgM&index=5