April 21 - Worship Celebration

We worship today to celebrate God’s presence and welcome to the feet of Jesus.

Mark 5:21-34 (NRSV)

Jesus Heals in Response to Faith

21 Jesus got into the boat again and went back to the other side of the lake, where a large crowd gathered around him on the shore. 22 Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet, 23 pleading fervently with him. “My little daughter is dying,” he said. “Please come and lay your hands on her; heal her so she can live.”

24 Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him. 25 A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding. 26 She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse. 27 She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe. 28 For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.

30 Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my robe?”

31 His disciples said to him, “Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, ‘Who touched me?’”

32 But he kept on looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done. 34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”

Reflection Notes:

We welcomed Idaho Mennonites for a worship of celebration after the Idaho Mennonite World Relief Festival. While we worshipped we also heard about the ministries of Mennonite Central Committee by guest speaker Steve Penner. He reminded us of the healing ministry of Jesus. Jairus and an unnamed woman both fell at the feet of Jesus begging for healing. Jesus takes the time to listen and to heal.

Steve invited us to partner to bring healing and hope for those near and far.

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