16th Sunday after Pentecost … Sunday, Sept. 29, 2025 at 10am
Come as you are! Everyone welcome … In-person or on Zoom.
R E A D I N G S
Psalm 148 🔆 1 Timothy 6:6-19 7 🔆 Luke 16:19-31
S E R M O N
“Money and Contentment” The Reverend Dr. Max Lynn
M U S I C
PRELUDE … Canzona, Andrea Gabrieli (1510-1586)
INTROIT … Rejoice in the Lord, Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)
HYMN … I’ll Praise My Maker
ANTHEM … Adoramus Te, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
HYMN … Lord of Light, Your Name Outshining
OFFERTORY … Offertoire in D Minor, Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785-1858)
HYMN … Fight the Good Fight
POSTLUDE … Menuet gothique, Léon Böellmann (1862-1897)
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Calendar Notes
Sept 27 – Berkeley Presbyterian Mission Homes’ Homecoming Event: 2918 Regent Street, Berkeley, from 3pm to 5pm with live music, tours of the homes, and an International Potluck supplied by the residents. Everyone invited!
Sept 28 – SJ Sunday Forum: the Ancient Prophet Habakkuk, Part 1
Oct 1 – Yom Kippur begins at sundown
Oct 5 – World Communion Sunday
Oct 5 – SJ Sunday Forum: Ancient Prophet Habakkuk, Part 2
Oct 12 – SJ Sunday Forum: Promised Land and Chosen People, Part 1
Oct 13 – Indigenous People’s Day
Oct 19 – SJ Pet Blessing
Oct 20 – Diwali, festival of lights
Oct 25 – SJ Halloween Party / Haunted House, 6:30pm to 8pm
Oct 26 – SJ Song of Songs (on Reformation Sunday)
Oct 26 – SJ Sunday Forum: Promised Land and Chosen People, Part 2
Nov. 2 – Daylight Saving time ends – Clocks fall back 1 hour
Nov. 2 – SJ Dia de Los Muertos
Upcoming Sunday Forums
Take a break after worship for 5-10 minutes, then come back for a conversation:
September 28, October 5.
Where is God in the Hurt? The Prophet Habakkuk, An Ancient Voice Speaks Today: Habakkuk wrote about suffering when his people were threatened on all sides by oppression, violence, and erasure. Invite a friend, and let’s accompany each other in reading and reflection about a rarely preached prophet with relevance today. The Sunday Forum will include a short lecture and then interactive group application led by St. John’s Intern and SFTS MDIV candidate, Elizabeth Conway.
October 12
Promised Land and Chosen People: Rabbi Jonathan Seidel from Aquarian Minyan will share with us how he and his congregation understand biblical texts which speak or reference ideas commonly associated with the notion of God promising a certain land to a particular “Chosen People.”
October 26
Elizabeth Conway will lead a continuation of our discussion of Promised Land and Chosen People.