We welcome Guest Preacher, Rev. Mark Tidsworth, to our pulpit today. Mark is the Founder & Team Leader of Pinnacle Leadership Associates. He has served as a pastor, new church developer, interim pastor, renewal pastor, therapist, nonprofit director, business owner, leadership coach, congregational consultant, leadership trainer, and author.

Ordained in the Baptist Tradition, Mark is an ecumenical minister at this point along the way. He is a frequent presenter with leadership teams, clergy gatherings, and denominational gatherings. Mark lives in Chapin, South Carolina with his wife, Melanie and has 3 young adult children.

This is the season after Pentecost in the Christian year. Having celebrated the “birthday of the church” through the giving of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, we enter the Season after Pentecost for 24 weeks, to celebrate the existence of the church and recall her mission in the world. The liturgical color for the season is green, symbolic of the church’s growth and mission. 

In our Gospel lesson for this week, Jesus addresses the issue of forgiveness among believers. Using a hyperbolic parable, we are told that forgiveness for followers of Jesus has no limit, and our grace should have the measure of God’s.

This is the season after Pentecost in the Christian year. Having celebrated the “birthday of the church” through the giving of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, we enter the Season after Pentecost for 24 weeks, to celebrate the existence of the church and recall her mission in the world. The liturgical color for the season is green, symbolic of the church’s growth and mission. 

In our Gospel lesson, we find ourselves in a section of a chapter dedicated to Jesus’s teachings about how people who follow him ought to relate to one another. These injunctions to believers are meant to draw people together in the name of Christ, but in different and specific ways. Today’s passage is one that has been interpreted in many ways over the centuries. Let’s revisit what it might mean for us today.

This is the season after Pentecost in the Christian year. Having celebrated the “birthday of the church” through the giving of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, we enter the Season after Pentecost for 24 weeks, to celebrate the existence of the church and recall her mission in the world. The liturgical color for the season is green, symbolic of the church’s growth and mission. 

Living together in community with other followers of Jesus requires intentionality. Let’s explore with the Apostle Paul what it means to take seriously our roles in relationship to God and one another this week.

This is the season after Pentecost in the Christian year. Having celebrated the “birthday of the church” through the giving of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, we enter the Season after Pentecost for 24 weeks, to celebrate the existence of the church and recall her mission in the world. The liturgical color for the season is green, symbolic of the church’s growth and mission. On the first Sunday of each month, we celebrate communion, and the liturgical color changes to white to recognize the holiness and majesty of Christ.