Earthy Wisdom – Jesus’s Parables from Creation, (January 12 – February 23)
Did you know that the most published Christmas hymn in North Description: If you’ve had your eyes checked at an optometrist’s office, you know that certain letters on the Eye Chart look fuzzy until the right lens is put in front of your eyes. What appeared to be a “B” is actually an “E.” What you thought was a “C” is actually a “G.” When Christians study Jesus’s parables in conversation with others, we often experience something similar. Different people read Jesus’s parables through different lenses, which often help improve the focus of our own.
In this series, we will discover new and surprising levels of meaning within seven familiar parables of Jesus that focus on some aspect of Creation to speak of God’s Realm (mustard seeds, fig trees, etc.). Our view of these parables will be augmented through conversations Dr. Elnes has had the prior week not only with Countryside’s Worship Team, but also with our high school COYO group and his Tri-Faith clergy colleagues, who will be attending COYO as well!
Adding to the fun and congregation-wide engagement, Dr. Elnes will be taping a set of podcasts on these same parables with Tri-Faith clergy. They’ll be in conversation with our youth on Sunday nights, then taping the podcast on Wednesday afternoons. Depending on editing time, the podcast will be released during the week following its use in worship.
Parable of the Growing Seed (Mark 4:26-29)
January 5: NO COYO due to ski trip
January 8: PODCAST taped by Tri-Faith (TF) Clergy,
released the following week
January 12: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
Podcast released sometime after January 12
Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-23 // Mark 4:1-20)
January 12: COYO session with TF Clergy 6:30 – 7 PM
January 15: PODCAST taped by TF clergy,
released the following week
January 19: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matthew 13:31-32 // Mark 4:30-34)
January 19: COYO session with TF clergy 6:30 – 7 PM
January 22: PODCAST taped by TF clergy,
released the following week
January 26: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
Parable of the Net (Matthew 13:47-52 // Weeds Among Wheat Matt 13:24-30)
February 2: COYO session with TF clergy 6:30 – 7 PM
February 5: PODCAST taped by TF clergy, released the following week
February 9: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
(Annual Meeting/Youth Worship)
In this series, we will discover new and surprising levels of meaning within seven familiar parables of Jesus that focus on some aspect of Creation to speak of God’s Realm (mustard seeds, fig trees, etc.). Our view of these parables will be augmented through conversations Dr. Elnes has had the prior week not only with Countryside’s Worship Team, but also with our high school COYO group and his Tri-Faith clergy colleagues, who will be attending COYO as well!
Adding to the fun and congregation-wide engagement, Dr. Elnes will be taping a set of podcasts on these same parables with Tri-Faith clergy. They’ll be in conversation with our youth on Sunday nights, then taping the podcast on Wednesday afternoons. Depending on editing time, the podcast will be released during the week following its use in worship.
Parable of the Growing Seed (Mark 4:26-29)
January 5: NO COYO due to ski trip
January 8: PODCAST taped by Tri-Faith (TF) Clergy,
released the following week
January 12: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
Podcast released sometime after January 12
Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-23 // Mark 4:1-20)
January 12: COYO session with TF Clergy 6:30 – 7 PM
January 15: PODCAST taped by TF clergy,
released the following week
January 19: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matthew 13:31-32 // Mark 4:30-34)
January 19: COYO session with TF clergy 6:30 – 7 PM
January 22: PODCAST taped by TF clergy,
released the following week
January 26: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
Parable of the Net (Matthew 13:47-52 // Weeds Among Wheat Matt 13:24-30)
February 2: COYO session with TF clergy 6:30 – 7 PM
February 5: PODCAST taped by TF clergy, released the following week
February 9: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
(Annual Meeting/Youth Worship)
January 26: COYO session with TF clergy 6:30 – 7 pm
January 29: PODCAST taped by TF clergy, released the following week
February 2: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 am
January 29: PODCAST taped by TF clergy, released the following week
February 2: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 am
Parable of the Budding Fig Tree (Matthew 24:32-35 // Mark 13:28-33)
February 9: COYO Dinner 6 pm, Clergy Session 6:30 – 7 PM
February 12: PODCAST taped by TF clergy,
released the following week
February 16: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
Parable of the Barren Fig Tree (Luke 13:6-9)
February 16: NO COYO due to Justice Worship Service on Race at 5:30 PM
February 19: PODCAST taped by TF clergy,
released the following week
February 23: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
February 9: COYO Dinner 6 pm, Clergy Session 6:30 – 7 PM
February 12: PODCAST taped by TF clergy,
released the following week
February 16: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM
Parable of the Barren Fig Tree (Luke 13:6-9)
February 16: NO COYO due to Justice Worship Service on Race at 5:30 PM
February 19: PODCAST taped by TF clergy,
released the following week
February 23: MORNING WORSHIP 9 and 11 AM