St. Paul and St. Andrew's video: Sunday Worship live : Love s Labor Found September 5 2021

'God is love, and those who abide in love live in God, and God lives in them.' - 1 John 4:16 "God is love." Maybe because we've heard that a lot, we fail to recognize how radical a statement that is. We have a God whose essence and being, whose 'is-ness' is love. One thing that statement means, is that things that are not about love, are not about God. That's an important thing to realize at a time when a lot that passes as Christianity is tragically lacking in love. The other thing that statement means is that the only way to respond to God's love for us is to do love, to do love to people. Every person. 'God is love' is indicative. But when 1 John goes on to say, therefore do love, it's imperative. The good thing is that God started it, by loving us first. In September we are looking at the theme, 'The Labor of Love'. That is, how the task of people who follow Jesus is to be about love. Not as some warm feeling, but as concrete, specific, intentional action. Join us. K Register for Connect & Care 2.0 groups: https://loveinaction.churchcenter.com/groups/small-groups Use today's bulletin to join us in worship: https://stpaulandstandrew.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/September-5-2021-bulletin.pdf Our mission to follow Jesus into the streets to increase love and justice in this world becomes practical this summer. Beginning July 11, Sunday worship will take place outside at 10am, right on the steps of our church, with a livestream so you can join from home or on the road. Thank you for joining us today. If you'd like to make a contribution to support our ministries, please visit https://stpaulandstandrew.org/give ABOUT ST. PAUL & ST. ANDREW St. Paul & St. Andrew is a progressive United Methodist Church in New York City that seeks to build a community of radical welcome that follows Jesus into the streets of the city to increase the amount of love and justice in the world. We invite you to subscribe to our channel and to join us online every Sunday for livestream worship. Follow us on... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stpaulstandrew Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stpaulstandrew ...or visit our website for more info https://stpaulandstandrew.org Get your very own t-shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/store/stpaulandstandrew Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license # A-734619 and CCLI with license # 3560412.