18 October 2015 Warwick Northgate Methodist Church

World Church Sunday

Bible readings (including the Gospel for 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B): 1 Corinthians 1: 1-3; Mark 10:35-45

Paul send greetings to the Christians in Corinth encouraging them to grow in holiness. As part of that they have to recognise that they are connected in Christ with people in other places who call on the name of the Lord. Together with people in other places they have to become more Christ-like, seeking to serve and not to be served. What might that mean for the way, for example, we deal with the refugee or migrant "crisis"? We are part of the largest trans-national, trans-cultural organisation in the world. It is not a matter of 'us' and 'them'. In Christ we are all "us".