BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://www.messiahofthemountains.org///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261029T105639UTC-7445OauuGm@https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/ DTSTAMP:20261029T105639Z DESCRIPTION:Messiah of the Mountains collects contributions and give to the local Feed-A-Child of Yancey County. Please contribute if possible.\nFeed -A-Child Yancey County was founded in the Fall of 2007 by Robert and Glend a Wyatt to provide healthy snacks for kids who need food over the weekends . Volunteers pack and deliver the snacks to the schools that have identifi ed children in need. The schools send the bags home with the children on F ridays. https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/events/event/668-feed-the-ch ildren DTSTART:20261101T155900Z DTEND:20261101T160000Z LOCATION:Messiah Of The Mountains Lutheran Church (3690 US-19E\, Burnsville \, NC 28714\, USA) SUMMARY:Feed the Children URL:https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/events/event/668-feed-the-childre n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261029T105639UTC-744687eSTI@https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/ DTSTAMP:20261029T105639Z DESCRIPTION:We gather after service the first Sunday of the month for fello wship and enjoy the food members have brought to share. https://www.messia hofthemountains.org/events/event/696-pot-luck-sunday DTSTART:20261101T170100Z DTEND:20261101T190000Z LOCATION:Messiah Of The Mountains Lutheran Church (3690 US-19E\, Burnsville \, NC 28714\, USA) SUMMARY:Pot luck Sunday URL:https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/events/event/696-pot-luck-sunday END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261029T105639UTC-7447Bdx8LH@https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/ DTSTAMP:20261029T105639Z DESCRIPTION: \nWe gather each Sunday at 11:00 am for worship by singing hym ns\, hearing readings from the bible\, praying together and a celebration of Holy Communion. Communion is the spiritual bread our bodies need to liv e. All are invited to join us at the Lord's table to be fed by his heavenl y food\, There are no strangers in God’s house\, and if you choose to wors hip with us\, we would be honored by your presence.\n \nIntroduction to to days service.\nJesus’ summary of the law in today’s gospel echoes our firs t reading from Leviticus. We are called not only to love God with heart\, soul\, and mind\, but also to love our neighbor as ourselves. It is out of such deep care that Paul shares the gospel with the Thessalonian communit y. In the confession of sins\, we acknowledge that we have not loved God\, neighbor\, and self\; yet we gather to hear the word of forgiveness and t o be strengthened by word and meal to be signs of God’s love and mercy in the world.\n \nPrayer of the Day\nO Lord God\, you are the holy lawgiver\, you are the salvation of your people. By your Spirit renew us in your cov enant of love\, and train us to care tenderly for all our neighbors\, thro ugh Jesus Christ\, our Savior and Lord.\n \nAmen.\nFirst Reading: Leviticu s 19:1-2\, 15-18\nThe Holiness Code in Leviticus urges people to be holy b ecause God is holy. Holiness is lived out as God’s people exercise justice and love in their dealings with one another. We are to love our neighbors as ourselves.\nPsalm: 1\nTheir delight is in the law of the Lord. (Ps. 1: 2)\nSecond Reading:  1 Thessalonians 2:1-8\nPaul uses maternal imagery to depict the caring and nurturing relationship he shares with the Thessaloni an Christians. When he first came to their city it was not to benefit hims elf but to share the gospel with them\, which was his responsibility as an apostle of Christ.\nGospel:  Matthew 22:34-46\nPut on the spot by the Pha risees\, Jesus displays wisdom by summarizing the law of God in just two c ommandments and by demonstrating the Messiah must be more than the son of David.\n34  When the Pharisees heard that [Jesus] had silenced the Sadduce es\, they gathered together\,\n35  and one of them\, an expert in the law\ , asked him a question to test him.\n36  “Teacher\, which commandment in t he law is the greatest?”\n37  He said to him\, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind .’\n38  This is the greatest and first commandment.\n39  And a second is l ike it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’\n40  On these two comm andments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”  \n41  Now while the Pharisee s were gathered together\, Jesus asked them this question:\n42  “What do y ou think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him\, “The son of David.”\n43  He said to them\, “How is it then that David by the Spirit ca lls him Lord\, saying\,  \n44  ‘The Lord said to my Lord\,  “Sit at my rig ht hand\,   until I put your enemies under your feet” ’?\n45  “If David th us calls him Lord\, how can he be his son?”\n46  No one was able to give h im an answer\, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more quest ions.\n \nAfter the Sermon\, Holy Communion will be offered. Come as you a re\, the gift of the Table of the Lord has been prepared as Jesus has requ ested and now we are invited to the meal. Come to the table like Peter\, w ith more enthusiasm than resolve and like James and John\, disappointed an d the priorities of God’s reign. Come to the table like Martha\, hosting a nd leading with confidence like Mary\, full of love and grief. Come to the table like Judas\, disillusioned and rebellious and like Mary Magdalene\, faithful till the end. Come to the table\, because it is God who invites us and it’s God’s will that those who want to should meet God here.\nBless ing for the day (Our blessing is an adaptation of a Franciscan Prayer)\nMa y God bless us with discomfort at a Easy answers\, half truths and superfi cial leaderships so that we may live out God’s will deep in our heartland in our world.\nMay god bless with anger at injustice\, oppression and expl oration and the environments that we may work for justice\, freedom and pe ace.\nMay God bless us with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain\, rejection\, hunger and war so that we may reach out with hands and hearts to help them\, walk with them and turn their pain into hope and joy.\nAnd may God bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a di fference in this world\, so that we can do what others claim cannot be don e. To bring justice\, peace\, hope and love to all children\, the poor and all others in any need.\nGod be your comfort\, your strength\;\nGod be yo ur hope and support\;\nGod be your light and your way\; and the blessing o f God Creator\, Redeemer and Giver of Life\, remain with you now and forev er. https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/events/event/706-22th-sunday-aft er-pentecost-year-a-worship-service-11-00-am-12-00-pm-service-pastor-naomi -carriker DTSTART:20261025T150000Z DTEND:20261025T160000Z LOCATION:Messiah Of The Mountains Lutheran Church (3690 US-19E\, Burnsville \, NC 28714\, USA) SUMMARY:22th Sunday after Pentecost -- Year A - Worship Service 11:00 am - 12:00 PM Service -- Pastor Naomi Carriker URL:https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/events/event/706-22th-sunday-afte r-pentecost-year-a-worship-service-11-00-am-12-00-pm-service-pastor-naomi- carriker END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261029T105639UTC-7451RDlkJ7@https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/ DTSTAMP:20261029T105639Z DESCRIPTION: \nWe gather each Sunday at 11:00 am for worship by singing hym ns\, hearing readings from the bible\, praying together and a celebration of Holy Communion. Communion is the spiritual bread our bodies need to liv e. All are invited to join us at the Lord's table to be fed by his heavenl y food\, There are no strangers in God’s house\, and if you choose to wors hip with us\, we would be honored by your presence.\n \nIntroduction to to days service.\nAll Saints celebrates the baptized people of God\, living a nd dead\, who are the body of Christ. As November heralds the dying of the landscape in many northern regions\, the readings and liturgy call us to remember all who have died in Christ and whose baptism is complete. At the Lord’s table we gather with the faithful of every time and place\, trusti ng that the promises of God will be fulfilled and that all tears will be w iped away in the new Jerusalem.\n \nPrayer of the Day\n \nAlmighty God\, y ou have knit your people together in one communion in the mystical body of your Son\, Jesus Christ our Lord. Grant us grace to follow your blessed s aints in lives of faith and commitment\, and to know the inexpressible joy s you have prepared for those who love you\, through Jesus Christ\, our Sa vior and Lord\, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\, one Go d\, now and forever.\n \nAmen.\n \nFirst Reading: Revelation 7:9-17\nThe b ook of Revelation is written to seven churches in western Asia Minor durin g a time of great oppression. Today’s reading is a response to the questio n asked in 6:17: “Who is able to stand?” The writer gives the faithful the assurance of God’s protection and a vision of victory.\nPsalm: 34:1-10\, 22\nFear the Lord\, you saints of the Lord\; for those who fear the Lord l ack nothing. (Ps. 34:9)\n \nSecond Reading:  1 John 3:1-3\nA saint is one who has been set apart by God for God’s purposes. God\, out of divine love \, set us apart to be the children of God. Our holy hope is that we shall see God as God really is.\n \nGospel:  Matthew 5:1-12\n In the Beatitudes\ , Jesus provides a unique description of those who are blessed with God’s favor. His teaching is surprising and shocking to those who seek wealth\, fame\, and control over others.\n1  When Jesus saw the crowds\, he went up the mountain\, and after he sat down\, his disciples came to him.\n2  And he began to speak and taught them\, saying:  \n3  “Blessed are the poor i n spirit\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  \n4  “Blessed are those w ho mourn\, for they will be comforted.  \n5  “Blessed are the meek\, for t hey will inherit the earth.  \n6  “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness\, for they will be filled.  \n7  “Blessed are the merci ful\, for they will receive mercy.  \n8  “Blessed are the pure in heart\, for they will see God.  \n9  “Blessed are the peacemakers\, for they will be called children of God.  \n10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness\, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  \n11  “ Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kin ds of evil against you falsely on my account.\n12  Rejoice and be glad\, f or your reward is great in heaven\, for in the same way they persecuted th e prophets who were before you.”\n \nAfter the Sermon\, Holy Communion wil l be offered. Come as you are\, the gift of the Table of the Lord has been prepared as Jesus has requested and now we are invited to the meal. Come to the table like Peter\, with more enthusiasm than resolve and like James and John\, disappointed and the priorities of God’s reign. Come to the ta ble like Martha\, hosting and leading with confidence like Mary\, full of love and grief. Come to the table like Judas\, disillusioned and rebelliou s and like Mary Magdalene\, faithful till the end. Come to the table\, bec ause it is God who invites us and it’s God’s will that those who want to s hould meet God here.\nBlessing for the day (Our blessing is an adaptation of a Franciscan Prayer)\nMay God bless us with discomfort at a Easy answer s\, half truths and superficial leaderships so that we may live out God’s will deep in our heartland in our world.\nMay god bless with anger at inju stice\, oppression and exploration and the environments that we may work f or justice\, freedom and peace.\nMay God bless us with tears to shed for t hose who suffer from pain\, rejection\, hunger and war so that we may reac h out with hands and hearts to help them\, walk with them and turn their p ain into hope and joy.\nAnd may God bless us with enough foolishness to be lieve that we can make a difference in this world\, so that we can do what others claim cannot be done. To bring justice\, peace\, hope and love to all children\, the poor and all others in any need.\nGod be your comfort\, your strength\;\nGod be your hope and support\;\nGod be your light and yo ur way\; and the blessing of God Creator\, Redeemer and Giver of Life\, re main with you now and forever. https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/event s/event/708-all-saints-sunday-year-a-worship-service-11-00-am-12-00-pm-ser vice-pastor-naomi-carriker DTSTART:20261101T160000Z DTEND:20261101T170000Z LOCATION:Messiah Of The Mountains Lutheran Church (3690 US-19E\, Burnsville \, NC 28714\, USA) SUMMARY:All Saints Sunday -- Year A - Worship Service 11:00 am - 12:00 PM Service -- Pastor Naomi Carriker URL:https://www.messiahofthemountains.org/events/event/708-all-saints-sunda y-year-a-worship-service-11-00-am-12-00-pm-service-pastor-naomi-carriker END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR