September 15, 2019 - Joining Our Wildernesses

The English poet John Donne wrote, “No person is an island…we are all a part of the continent, part of the main.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, “In a real sense, all life is inter-related. All people are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” While this may be true, our lived experience is often that we feel terribly alone, separate, isolated. We feel as if there are wild parts of ourselves disconnected from other human beings. This month, we continue to ask, “Why Church?” This Sunday, we explore how church might be the place where we join our wilderness (our wild places) to the wilderness and wild places of others — discovering deep joy and connection with one another. Call to Worship - Lauren Wyeth (:31) Reading - Excerpt from The Book of Delights by Ross Gay (4:40) Sermon- "Joining Our Wildernesses" Rev. Justin Schroeder (7:44)