9:30 am Sunday In-Person & Livestream Worship Services

 Pastor Ben will return to the pulpit this Sunday, July 27, to resume our exploration of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.  This week, we’ll explore Chapter 2 and learn more about what it means to be the Body of Christ and how to live gratefully and abundantly. 

 Our guest preacher this Sunday will be Nkrumah Huston.  Nkrumah was an elder and session member of St. Andrews Presbyterian church in Dearborn Heights, prior to its recent closure on Easter Sunday.  With no full-time pastor, he was on the regular preaching schedule, and also sang in the choir and played the piano. Nkrumah is now in the process of becoming a Commissioned Ruling Elder (CRE) in the Presbytery of Detroit. 

 Our guest preacher this Sunday will be Eli Cooper-Nelson, as Pastor Ben and family are headed West to Yellowstone for vacation.  Eli holds a Master of Theological Studies in Liturgy from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (Evanston, IL). His graduate work focuses on ritual, habit, and the inclusion of infants in worshipping communities. He has worked on liturgical resources for trans and queer communities that celebrate, grieve, and commemorate life’s transitions. Eli's original hymn texts are published by GIA, Inc. He is the first openly trans hymn author represented by a mainstream publisher. By day, Eli manages the volunteer program at a homeless and housing services nonprofit. 

 This Sunday, we’ll begin our summer sojourn to the historic seaside city of Ephesus.  Each week, we’ll spend some time exploring a chapter of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.  This Sunday, we’ll kick it off with Chapter 1.  Paul’s letters are always heart-felt pastoral letters, but this one has a cosmic perspective on what God is up to in Jesus Christ… and who we are in him.