The woman conceived and bore a son and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him for three months. Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, ‘Every boy that is born to the Hebrews you shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let every girl live.’ And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families. So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, ‘Why have you done this, and allowed the boys to live?’ The midwives said to Pharaoh, ‘Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.’ So God dealt well with the midwives and the people multiplied and became very strong. The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, ‘When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstool, if it is a boy, kill him but if it is a girl, she shall live.’ But the midwives feared God they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live. They were ruthless in all the tasks that they imposed on them. The Egyptians became ruthless in imposing tasks on the Israelites, and made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and brick and in every kind of field labour. But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread, so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase and, in the event of war, join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land.’ Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. ![]() ![]() He said to his people, ‘Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and more powerful than we. Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. Hebrew Scripture Lesson Exodus 1:8-2:10 Betty Hibler, Reader It is essential that you get it back.īuilding the Community: News that Connects Us The Living Word among us So you may have gotten into the habit of doubting the voice that was telling you quite clearly what was really going on. If you asked innocently, “Why is Mom in the bathroom crying?” you might be told, “Mom isn’t crying Mom has allergies.” Or if you said, “Why didn’t Dad come home last night?,” you might be told brightly, “Dad did come home last night, but then he left again very early.” And you nodded, even though you knew that these were lies, because it was important to stay on the adults’ good side. When we listened to our intuition when we were small and then told the grown-ups what we believed to be true, we were often either corrected, ridiculed, or punished. The problem is that so many of us lost access to our broccoli when we were children. There’s an old Mel Brooks routine where the psychiatrist tells his patient, “Listen to your broccoli, and your broccoli will tell you how to eat it.” It means, of course, that when you don’t know what to do, you get quiet and try to hear that still small voice inside. The Call by Anthony Wilson Joan English, Reader We’re delighted to welcome you into this virtual circle of God’s healing love and light. ![]() Clarice Martin From there to here: we GatherĪs the Berea community responds to the governor’s suggestion to avoid gathering in large groups, we worship online to limit the risk of exposure to Covid-19. ![]() If there were not diversity in the body, and all the members were the same or nearly the same, the body would be a nearly unrecognizable, non-functional entity. Gathering in Worship Offered by the People of the Church of Christ, Union Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Aug10:30 am
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