THERE IS NO IN-PERSON WORSHIP AT MJPC THIS SUNDAY, 2/1/2026 AT MJPC DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER: Watch an updated service (with current sermon, prayers, etc.) at our livestream link below at 11am on Sunday.
MJPC EXTENDS OUR WELCOME TO THE TLC! - Thinking. Learning. Coaching. TLC is a local program that works with children K-12 to improve their academic performance. TLC now meets in our facility. Check out their website HERE.
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The Grace of Christ be with you!
As inaugural addresses go, Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount charts a challenging path for any disciple willing to follow. It begins with the beatitudes or declarations that make it clear that God is on the side of those who are in need of mercy/justice and who act on both. Which “side” is the church on?
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The poor in spirit or the influential and attractive?
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Those who meek or those who are powerful?
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Those who hunger for righteousness or those who sate our appetites?
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Those who are merciful or those who tow the line?
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Those who are peacemakers or those who get job done at any cost?
Jesus states clearly that he will not cater to the rich & powerful nor pander to those who wield religious authority. Instead, Christ prepares those who are suffering to see God not as the cause of their pain but as the one who can bring healing and wholeness out of their sufferings and so bless them.
Rather than equating suffering with punishment from God, Christ has come to seek and save the lost. How can the church follow Christ’s lead?
Blessings, Will
MJPC NEWSLETTER: A link to our current newsletter is HERE
THIS COMING SUNDAY: "The Invitation" based on Matthew 5:1-12. The Rev. Will Heyward is preaching. Sunday Worship Bulletin.
MJ's PUPPET COMPANY! The puppets are here! All kindergarten through grade school kids are invited to join the puppets for Bible stories, games and songs Sunday mornings at 10am downstairs in our puppet room at MJPC. Youth can join us, too, to help with the puppets and to lead games. For more info on MJ's Puppet Company, check out the following short video: HERE!
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