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First Sunday of Lent. We are following a series created by 'A Sanctified Art' entitled, "Tell Me Something Good". Each week the sermon title begins with the words, "The Good News is...". Today we find Jesus at a wedding party where he will perform his first miracle (sign/wonder work) that points beyond the act itself to revealing something of his identity. With the wedding banquet as our setting and a 93 year old Birthday in the church, we decorated with balloons and started the sermon with a little dance party. Starting in this fun and unexpected way drew people into the setting and grabbed their attention and from their we let the scripture speak.

Music: "Ev'ry Day Is a Day of Thanksgiving" (More Voices Hymnal #185). Words and Music: Leonard Burks. Podcast/Streamed with Permission under One License Number: A-607425 & CCLI 2453477

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The banners in the church turn to white for this service as we celebrate Transfiguration Sunday. This is from the last Sunday of Epiphany/Ordinary Time before the Lent season begins next week. In Matthew 16 the religious elite ask Jesus for a sign (which he does not provide anymore than he has already), Jesus and the disciples cross a lake and head to Caesarea Philippi where Jesus asks the disciples who people say He is. Then, Jesus asks them directly, who do You say I am? And Simon Peter correctly identifies Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. With this, his name is changed to Peter (Petros, meaning the rock) and "on this rock I will build my church" Jesus declares. It is after correctly naming who Jesus is exactly the he takes Peter, James and his brother John up a mountain for a holy encounter they won't soon forget! The beginning and now near the end of Jesus ministry are marked with a voice from Heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son in whom I well pleased" and here we have the extra statement imploring us to, "Listen to Him".

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God gives a word to the prophet Isaiah to deliver to God's people, you fast and act holy in vain when you don't live as my people the rest of the week. Is it good to fast? Yes, absolutely. Is it good to worship? Yes, absolutely. Is it good to bow down in prayer? Yes, of course. But what good is any of that if we return to our normal lives and live like everyone else, as if God has not transformed us in any way? None.