November 23, 2025

Our Lectionary readings for this Sunday are Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 46; Colossians 1:11-20; Luke 23:33-43.

The Christian faith invites us into a personal relationship with the God of all creation. The invitation is personal, but the significance is as broad and wide as the universe. Colossians 1 speaks of Christ as the one by whom "all things were created" and that "all things have been created by him and for him." Beyond that, "He is before all things and in him all things hold together." Christ is both king over and the key to all that exists. Our world and our lives are not held together by impersonal forces of science or brute forces of nature but by the one who seeks "to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross." At the core of all reality is the love of God that redeems.

We will gather for a Thanksgiving meal after the morning service on November 23. All are welcome and encouraged to bring a favorite side dish or desert--pecan pie, for example.

Memorial Presbyterian Church will hold its annual Christmas program in our morning service on December 14 at 11:00 am.