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The Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself. - 1Sam 12:22
 
      
      Risen Christ, King of Creation
The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. — Rev 22:3
 
      
      The Festal Smoke yet Ascends
You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. — Lev 19:2
 
      
      Good Shepherd, Questionable Sheep
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. — Ps 100:2
 
      
      My Lord and my God!
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. — Job 42:5
 
      
      A New Kind of Waiting
I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. — John 17:11
 
      
      Plenty Good Room
No longer do I call you servants ... I have called you friends. — John 15:15
 
      
       
      
      The Great Shepherd of the Flock
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. - 1 John 3:4
 
      
       
      
      Embodied Doubt, Embodied Faith
whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.— I John 5:4
 
      
      “Now What” Sunday
I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. — John 17:11
 
      
      Rogation Sunday
I am the vine, you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. — John 15:15
 
      
      This is the Way
I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. — John 14:6
 
      
      Good Shepherd - Risen Lord
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff comfort me. - Ps 23:4
 
      
      Together for the Journey
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. — Isa 43:2
 
      
      The Beginning of Wisdom
This Jesus, God raised up: and of that, all of us are witnesses — Acts 2:32
 
      
      His Present Absence …
The Lord will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself. - 1Sam 12:22
 
      
      Risen Christ, King of Creation
The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. — Rev 22:3
 
      
      The Festal Smoke yet Ascends
You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. — Lev 19:2
