Today we concluded our series based on this year's Vacation Bible School themes with a healing story found in the Gospel of Luke (see Luke 17:11-19). In this story, Jesus heals ten lepers as he enters a village. In doing so, one of the lepers goes beyond expectations to express his thankfulness...and Jesus goes beyond boundaries.
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Going beyond. Over the course of June, we have used the theme and texts from this year’s Vacation Bible School as our focus for worship. Starting at the beginning of June, we have looked at different point each Sunday - going beyond with faith, boldness, and kindness. We have explored the ways that in each of these stories, the characters have gone beyond expectation, and the results have been even more than could have been imagined.
Today we look at going beyond with thankfulness in this healing story found in the Gospel according to St. Luke. And along the way, we will look at the ways that Jesus was also going beyond in today’s story - beyond expectations, beyond social norms, and beyond religious norms.