Worship resources for October 9, 2022

October 9, 2022 Eighteenth Sunday of Pentecost Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, 2 Timothy 2:8-15, Luke 17:11-19 COMMENTARY This week’s lectionary texts from Jeremiah, 2 Timothy and Luke all concern themselves with living well. Jeremiah writes to the survivors of the sacking of Jerusalem and deportation to Babylon. God spoke a word to them through Jeremiah, and God tells these people that living well looks like building full lives, even if they must live in a foreign land. Living well also looks like seeking and praying for the shalom, the peace and prosperity, of the city in which those exiled find themselves living. God tells these people, likely traumatized and homesick, that their shalom, their peace and prosperity, is now tied to the shalom of the city in which they live. The author of 2 Timothy also writes about living well. Imprisoned and in chains, this author seeks well-being not in worldly comforts but in the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. The writer knows Timothy and his community suffer and struggle, even if they are not in chains themselves, and urges them not to take pride in worldly status but in truth. In the miraculous healing story from the Gospel of Luke, Jesus talks about two kinds of living well. First, Jesus makes the ten men suffering from leprosy “clean.” For Jews in the first century, being clean meant full participation in the life of the community. One had to be ritually clean to participate in communal activities from worship to sharing a meal at a table.  You can find the rest of the commentary on our website. Thank you to guest writer Rev. Marilyn McKelvey Tucker-Marek. An order of worship for Oct. 9, 2022. This liturgy is free to use. A prayer responding to Hurricane Ian by Cecelia D. Armstrong Live among your enemies? — Weekly Christian ed lesson by Joelle Brummit-Yale Sing out the good news— A Uniform Standard Lesson for Oct. 9, 2022, by Richard Boyce. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT... A gift economy: Church beyond supply and demand How can U.S. churches think beyond capitalistic motivations when they are so entrenched in society? Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Professor Scott Hagley points to the Eucharist as a starting point for our collective imagination. Embracing the ministry and justice work ahead On the final day of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board meeting, those present were reminded to claim their purpose. The time has come to act. — Leslie Scanlon We Can Do Hard Things Meg Kelly reviews Glennon Doyle's podcast.  Beatitudes for a Queerer Church A poem by Jay Hulme. On sacraments and rites Newly-ordained Molly Smerko reflects on the week shortly after her ordination that included presiding at a wedding, the Lord’s Table and a funeral. Price Henderson Gwynn III Pittsburgh Theological Seminary prepares for fall conference: Missional Leadership in a Time of Disruption New Pastor for Broadmoor Church in Daly City, CA Have an update? Make a post.

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