"A Link in a Chain of Life; Not the Key" - Sermon for October 20, 2019

No understanding of how God and humans interact in the Bible is complete without studying the life of King David. As Rev. Tom describes, David was a person of faith unlike any who had come before. Here was a leader confident in his abilities and his connection with God. When David inquired of God, God responded. However, this self-assurance of David's came crashing down, right at the threshold of his greatest accomplishment - the recovery of the Ark of the Covenant and the establishing of Jerusalem as the City of David. The seemingly arbitrary death of Uzzah made David question the benevolence of God. But Rev. Tom explains that David came to realize that it's not all about David. We - like David - can give our abilities for God's work, without our abilities being the one key needed for God's work to flourish. Our work is a single link, included in a tapestry of love, far greater than we can see within our own lives. And it is within the Church where this love can be expressed across generations. (Bible reading - 2 Samuel 5:1-13,17-21;6:5-16)

Next Sunday, Second Presbyterian will have one combined service at 10:00 AM, followed by our annual Fall Festival at 11:00 AM. The festival will have trunk-or-treating, food trucks, musical entertainment, and creative car trunks decked out in Halloween finery! Find our more at our webpage or by contacting Rev. Amy Carlson at [email protected]!