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Two weeks of fun and creative experiences!   Register for 1 week or both.  Use this link to go to the registration page.  Summer Fun at Arts at St. Bart’s! | St. Bartholomew’s Church

The parable of the wheat and the weeds is one of Jesus’ most patient teachings. There are no quick fixes, tidy answers, or the illusion that discipleship means living in a world neatly sorted into good and bad. Instead, Jesus … Continued

Jesus’ parable of the sower invites us to see our lives as landscapes where the Word of God seeks to take root. The sower is extravagant in scattering seed. He does not avoid the places that seem unlikely to bear … Continued

Jesus looks at the crowds and names something we recognize all too well: the human tendency to resist grace no matter how it comes. John arrives with discipline and intensity, and people say he is too severe. Jesus arrives with … Continued

Matthew 10:40–42 reminds us that hospitality is itself an act of discipleship. It’s a way of receiving Christ by receiving one another. Jesus teaches that every gesture of welcome, even something as small as offering a cup of cold water, … Continued

Matthew 10:24–39 is one of those passages that challenges us to dig deep into what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.  Jesus speaks plainly: following him will sometimes bring division rather than harmony, courage rather than comfort, a … Continued

Matthew 9:35–10:8 paints a tender picture of Jesus’ ministry and the bold commissioning that follows. Jesus moves through towns and villages teaching, healing, and proclaiming good news, and when he sees the crowds scared and hurting, “like sheep without a … Continued

Matthew 9:8–13 and 18–26 paints a sweeping picture of Jesus as the One who restores life in every sense, body, spirit, community, and hope. The crowds marvel when Jesus heals the paralyzed man, but Jesus presses deeper, revealing that forgiveness … Continued

St. Bartholomew’s is hosting a community walk in our Labyrinth.  We will teach about the spiritual benefits of walking and share some prayers to use in walks.  We will have music provided by the Illars and refreshments will be served.  … Continued

The mystery of the Trinity shines through the Great Commission in Matthew 28, where Jesus sends His followers out in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, a single divine life poured out … Continued