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Words from the Pastors a blog of the Church of the Village Menu COTV Home About Our Pastors Prayer Donate People of the Village Blog Menu Social Justice LGBT Race Gender Change Grief Church Scripture Spiritual Practice Tags Kids cross violence Asian American Grace Philippines Trial death General Conference Marriage LGBT Indigenous People war gender Dr. King Psalm Jesus Hope Meditation Biracial Transition Thanksgiving Covenant of Conscience Prayer Holy Week Justice Lent annual conference Easter Advent home Reconciling Ministries family Bible Methodist reconciliation African American Patience Church of the Village Weakness love Buddhism Christmas MIND Frank Schaefer Search Browse: Home The Art of Abundant Living: Good Sex October 9, 2017 by Pastor Elyse Ambrose Identity , Life , Relationships , Scripture , Spiritual Practice , Uncategorized , United Methodist Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost • October 8, 2017 Pastor Elyse Ambrose Call to Listen We, as people of faith, are committed to honoring God, with… Read Article → The Art of Abundant Living: Seeing The Color Purple September 26, 2017 by Pastor Elyse Ambrose Anti-racism , Change , Church , Conflict , God , Grief , Holy Spirit , Kids , Life , reconciliation , Sermons , Social Justice , Spiritual Practice Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost • September 24, 2017 Pastor Elyse Ambrose Sacred Text – An Excerpt from Alice Walker’s The Color Purple Listen, God love everything… Read Article → Exploring God: What is God Thinking Right Now August 29, 2017 by Pastor Elyse Ambrose Church , God , Relationships , Scripture , United Methodist Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost • August 27, 2017 Psalm 139:1-18 Pastor Elyse Ambrose Psalm 139:1-18 O God, you have searched me and known me. You… Read Article → Exploring God: Creating Imperfection Since the Beginning August 25, 2017 by Pastor Elyse Ambrose God Sixth Sunday After Pentecost • August 6, 2017 Genesis 1:1-2, 4 Pastor Elyse Ambrose In the beginning God created. Whether through word, or gentle hand… Read Article → What Is Church?: Creating Space for Grace August 25, 2017 by Pastor Elyse Ambrose Church , Compassion , God , Life , Relationships , Scripture 1 Corinthians 3:3-11 Pastor Elyse Ambrose July 9, 2017 If anyone has ever told you the early church had it all together, that they were… Read Article → Embodying God’s Kin-dom August 25, 2017 by Pastor Elyse Ambrose God Sunday, May 28, 2017 · Seventh Sunday of Easter Reading: Acts 1:1-11 Pastor Elyse Ambrose Seeing Jesus 2017: A Game of Thrones Sometimes we don’t… Read Article → Life Takes Practice: Compassion March 19, 2017 by Pastor Elyse Ambrose Compassion , Disciplines of the Spirit , Relationships , Scripture , Sermons , Spiritual Practice As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, Good Teacher, what must I do to… Read Article → Righteous Resistance Rooted in Love February 15, 2017 by Pastor Jeff Sermons Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany ● February 12, 2017 Reading: Ephesians 2:19-22 & 3:16-21 Resistance is in the air. Resistance is the name of the… Read Article → Resistance is Never Futile February 5, 2017 by Pastor Elyse Ambrose Politics , Radical Hospitiality , Social Justice Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the power of God’s might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able… Read Article → Passive-Aggressive Politics and Resolute Resistance January 30, 2017 by Pastor Elyse Ambrose Politics , Radical Hospitiality , Social Justice , Uncategorized The sandwich board outside of our church on the almost always populated 7th Avenue sidewalk has in some ways become its own ministry. I’ve received… Read Article → 1 2 … 15 Next → Church of the Village 201 West 13th St. New York, NY 10011 Ph: 212-243-5470 This work by Church of the Village is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License...