This morning at Parkrose Community United Church of Christ our Scripture readings included Isaiah 11:6-9, Isaiah 65:18-25, and Luke 11:1-4.  My sermon topic was: "What Is The Kingdom of God?"

Use the below link to download the podcast of my sermon for your iPod or personal computer.

Download ParkroseKingdom.m4a

(click with the RIGHT mouse button on the hyperlink and choose “Save Target As” and save to your desktop or other folder – once downloaded click on the file to listen).

During the sermon I invited our members to reflect on three questions:

1.  What is the Kingdom of God?

2.  What is the role of the church in building up the Kingdom of God?

3.  What is the role of the individual in building up the Kingdom of God?

Everyone was invited to share their answers as part of the service.

I'd be interested in how readers of this blog would answer those three questions.  Feel free to do so in the comments. 

Following the sermon you'll hear our new communion liturgy - used for the first time today!  This liturgy was put together using elements of services previously published by Living the Questions and in the United Church of Christ Book of Worship.