Dr. R Paul Stevens (Regent College Professor Emeritus, Marketplace Theology and Leadership) spoke from Luke 10:25-37 (The Parable of the Good Samaritan) on the two great commandments: to love God with all our heart, soul, strength and mind (a vertical relationship), and to love our neighbours as ourselves (horizontal relationships). Christianity is less of a religion and more of an invasion of God into our whole lives, giving us a whole new perspective on the world. Love cannot be commanded, but it can be evoked. After the service, we got to know the new and returning Menno Simons Centre students during a BBQ potluck lunch. As William Tyndale (1494-1536) suggested, "to wash dishes and to preach is all one, as touching the deed, to please God." [KH]

Painting "The good Samaritan (after Delacroix)" by Vincent van Gogh (1890)

Passage: Luke 10:25-37; I Thess 5: 12-24
Communion: No
Ecumenical or Event: Student BBQ
Potluck Lunch: Yes
Congregational Meeting: No

Speaker: Paul Stevens
Worship Leader: Janice Kreider
Song Leader: Veronica Dyck
Pianist: Ruth Enns
Usher: Henry Neufeld
Children's Feature Leader:

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