In October, we enter a new sermon series called “What’s In a King”.
In one of Shakespeare’s most beautiful soliloquies, King Richard II bemoaned the “hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king”:
I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, How can you say to me, I am a king?
We can often forget that the most powerful leaders of nations, while forging history, are still subject to all the trials and temptations, all the joys and sorrows, of mere mortals.
Let us pray for them all…
Let’s also turn our attention to scripture and the historical accounts of the first kings of Israel. From Saul, to David, to Solomon, we’ll see the birth of the kingdom and how all of Israel’s history, from this point forward, is still subject to some of the decisions they made. We’ll take an objective look at what was IN these kings – personalities, flaws, experience, skills, regrets and more – that caused the rise and fall of the people God put in their hands.
This Sunday, we’ll enter this world through Samuel, the last prophet, priest and judge of Israel before everything changed.
Also in worship this week, we’ll celebrate World Communion Sunday, reminding ourselves that people of every tribe and tongue and nation worship the risen Christ and collectively sit at His table.
Come and see! Bring a friend to worship with you!