SERMON SNAPSHOT: Sunday, October 19, 2025

Dear Friends in Jesus –

I write this to the sounds of hammers and laughter from the back lot as work on eight more Habitat for Humanity playhouses has begun for the delight of children and raising funds for new builds in our community. By a large group from across the community to know the joy of serving arm in arm (on a lovely morning, thank you Jesus :)

Here at Second Church we finished one of the most well-known series of Jesus’ parables last week that placed God as shepherd, determined housewife, extravagantly loving father. We could see ourselves as wandering, lost, impetuous and petulant, but never beyond divine love.

This week we are offered a parable especially for these times, I believe, about a demand for justice. Again, one of the most vulnerable is the protagonist, a widow, as she refuses to be dismissed in seeking what is right. Accomplished through unceasing prayer, unshakable faith – our tools and our hope!

Invite someone to come along – in anticipation,