Good Samaritan UMC Cupertino Message

Confirmation Prayers

Sun, 20 May 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Laying on of hands and a prayer over each confirmand.

Jesus Is Lord - Blake

Sun, 20 May 2012 10:30:01 -0700

Jesus is Lord is not some cute religious statement. 2000 years ago the declaration Jesus is Lord meant that Ceasar is NOT Lord! Today, it means we will not worship marketing and consumerism. Choose Jesus instead.

One Family Tree - Blake

Sun, 13 May 2012 11:00:01 -0700

1 Corinthians 12 shows us that a body needs all different kinds of parts, and that all are vital. Value that we are diverse by design. Realize that the point is the body. Assume the connection to all is given to us by God.

Justice For All - Blake

Sun, 06 May 2012 11:00:01 -0700

The Gospel of God's love is shockingly inclusive! It's disturbing because we have limits to our own inclusiveness. When it bumps up against our limits the Gospel wants to push it further. That's take continual conversion! This is the adventure of the Realm of God… grace that goes beyond our boundaries.

Service Worship - Blake

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:00:01 -0700

The 5th Sunday of we have a shortened worship, and go out into the community to do service.

Radical Hospitality - Blake with Witness by Cathy Dotson

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Christ did not just invite people into his own circle, he expanded the circle and calls us to be inclusive.

Reconciling Worship Service - Mark with Pam Wells

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Celebrating one year as a reconciling congregation at Good Sam.

Easter - Embraced By Christ - It Takes Trust - Blake

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Most travel through the big wide gate. Choose a different path. It's scary because we are out of control. But it takes more trust than it does courage.

Palm Sunday - Prepare For Holy Week And Jesus' Mission - Gail

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Jesus rode a donkey as his mission took him directly into Jerusalem. Prepare for holy week as Jesus had to prepare.

Embraced By His Suffering - Blake

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:00:02 -0700

Now we change our perspective to look out at the world from the cross. We are now God's embrace others as Christ did from the cross, to express God's healing and wholeness to the world. Phil 3:10-11

Appointment Announcement - Blake

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Blake announced that the Bishop appointed him to Santa Rosa First UMC

Embraced by Everlasting Life - Blake

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Life hurts when things are unfair or with self-inflicted pain. Jesus came to love not condemn. He stretches out his arms. God's presence heals us.

Embraced by Ultimate Wholeness - Blake

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Life hurts when things are unfair or with self-inflicted pain. Jesus came to love not condemn. He stretches out his arms. God's presence heals us.

Embraced by Complete Forgiveness - Blake

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:00:01 -0700

We are not a sinner because we do bad things. We do bad things because we have sin.

God's Embrace - Pure Love - Blake

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:00:01 -0700

God's love and grace

Family 6 - Commit to the Vineyard - Blake

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Strong families can adopt others because they know they are adopted by God. Go forth and multiply… by adoption of others in Christ's love.

Family 5 - New Seeds - Blake

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Strong families can adopt others because they know they are adopted by God. Go forth and multiply… by adoption of others in Christ's love.

Family 4 - Fruitful Branches - Blake

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:00:01 -0700

The blessings you have are to be used to produce fruit for others. The world needs faith and hope, love and forgiveness, or it will collapse into itself.

Family 3 - Strong Tree Trunks - Blake

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Grow strong in four ways: Choose to abide in Christ, Lead with greater love, Spread joy, and Ask for what you need.

Family 2 - Deep Roots - Blake

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:00:01 -0700

The deep roots every couple and family must put down are faith, hope and love.

Family - Part 1 - Blake

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:00:01 -0700

Family Service

Christmas - Gail

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:00:01 -0700

Christmas. Immanuel. God Is With Us.

Advent 4 - Blake

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:00:01 -0700

To be human is divine. Be like Him. God sent Jesus into the world so that we wold never have a confidence problem again. Look in the mirror. Look not on outward appearance, but deep into your eyes, and see how God sees you.

Advent 3 - Blake

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:00:01 -0700

The reason for Christmas is not only to save us, but to complete us. Invest in faith, hope and love. All other things are temporal.

Advent 2 - Blake

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:00:01 -0700

Christmas and Jesus help you to get yourself, your identity in focus, to be fully human as Jesus was.

Advent 1 - Gail

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:00:01 -0700

Advent is a time to prepare. Life is tough. But God is with us.

God IS Enough. Part 4 - Blake

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:00:01 -0700

At the end of your life, all material goods are taken from you. God is all there is. The sooner I discover that, the better. The secret to contentment and joy is to know that God is enough.

Enough. Part 2 - Blake

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:00:01 -0700

What is enough for you?

Enough. Part 1. - Bill

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:00:01 -0700

God is like a green tent, Bill said. If his tent were placed in the middle of a big city… would we recognize him? What temptations get in our way? Is God enough for us?

Freedom In The Midst of Trouble - Gail

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:00:01 -0700

Psalm 4 is about sleeping in peace. Gail spoke about the recent trouble in Cupertino and how it was hard to sleep that night for many people. Jesus provides a direction, words of life and gives us the freedom we yearn for amidst the meaning of life.

Foundation For Life - Blake

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:00:01 -0700

Matthew 7 teaches us that a solid foundation will do us best when building a house, and also building a spiritual life. Believe. Decide. Ask. Dwell. These are the key words for an apprentice of Jesus.

Is God Enough For You? - Blake

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:00:01 -0700

Being an apprentice of Jesus is to learn the heart of Jesus in Matthew 6: It is not about being religious and doing the rights things to save yourself. It's being an apprentice of Jesus in your heart and learning from his love. Is God enough for you?

World Communion Sunday - 3 Witnesses

Sun, 2 Oct 2011 11:00:01 -0700

On this day we celebrated world communion Sunday, and heard three witnesses speak about their experience of a Good Samaritan. Each gave their witness in their own language: English, Mandarin and Korean.

A Matter of the Heart - Blake

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:00:01 -0700

Being an apprentice of Jesus is to know Matthew 4 and 5: 1) Jesus Calls you; 2) You are blessed; 3) You need heart surgery. It's not about being religious! It is about having a heart to forgive others.

Blessed - Gail

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:00:01 -0700

To be a follower of Jesus means to know you are blessed! It's not about being religious! It's about being an apprentice of Jesus and following his way of love and blessing others.

A Life Worth Living - Blake

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:00:01 -0700

We start a new series with this… It's not about being religious! It's about learning life from Jesus… This is from Matthew chapters 5, 6 and 7. We explore what it means to follow him as an apprentice… it' s not about being religious!

Share Your Faith with Someone not of Faith - Blake

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 11:00:01 -0700

Blake uses the store of the blind man from John 8 as our template for sharing our story. It's ok to say 'I don't know'… There are two necessary aspects of sharing: Your encounter with faith, and Your witness to that encounter.

Share Faith by Inviting Others - Blake

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:00:01 -0700

Blake tells us that the simplest way to share our faith is by inviting others to various events.

Witness To Your Story - Gail

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:00:01 -0700

Gail tells how we are called to be a life-witness to our story, not sell the gospel as an attorney making a case with an opinion.

Sharing Your Faith Naturally - Blake

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:06:02 -0700

Blake says that sharing about something important to you should come naturally... with examples of service events when sharing faith can be easy to do.

Bill Wagner and SSP

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:23:33 -0700

Bill and the youth share their experience at Sierra Service Project

Faith at Work - Sandra Daniels

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:21:42 -0700

Sandra talks about her experiences of faith at work

From Worship To Service - Gail

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:18:53 -0700

Gail shows how worship must lead into service

Respond in Faith Thankfully - Blake

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:19:17 -0700

Blake talks about importance of responding to worship through thankfulness

Worship

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:16:12 -0700

Really Worship --- by Blake