Loaves and Fishes
(Feeding the Crowd)
1After
this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of
Tiberias. 2A large crowd kept following
him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. 3Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his
disciples. 4Now the Passover, the
festival of the Jews, was near. 5When he looked up and saw a
large crowd coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip, "Where are we to buy
bread for these people to eat?" 6He said this to test him, for
he himself knew what he was going to do. 7Philip answered him,
"Six months' wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a
little." 8One of his disciples, Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9"There is a boy here who
has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many
people?" 10Jesus said, "Make the
people sit down." Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so
they sat down, about five thousand in all. 11Then Jesus took the loaves,
and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so
also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12When they were satisfied, he
told his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing
may be lost." 13So they gathered them up, and
from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they
filled twelve baskets. 14When the people saw the sign
that he had done, they began to say, "This is indeed the prophet who is to
come into the world."
15When Jesus
realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king,
he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
16When evening
came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17got into a
boat, and started across the lake to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had
not yet come to them. 18The lake
became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 19When they had rowed about three or
four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the lake and coming near the boat, and
they were terrified. 20But he said
to them, "It is I; do not be afraid." 21Then they wanted to take him into
the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land towards which they were
going.
John 6:1-21
Loaves and Fishes
SWANSON,
John August
2003
Serigraph
Los
Angeles, CA
United
States
Details
The
people in my painting are wearing garments with many colors and patterns,
inspired by the creations of the makers of cloth, the weavers, and the dyers of
Central America, Mexico, and parts of Africa and India...
My
image of LOAVES AND FISHES emphasizes and reminds us of the basic needs of all
humanity. We all share the need for food and for providing for our families and
communities. If we take the cosmic view, that there currently exists enough of
what we need to sustain the world; we urgently need to consider sharing the
resources that have been entrusted to us.
You cannot follow the shepherd all by yourself;
you are stuck with the flock.
~
Barbara Brown Taylor
There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
~
Albert Einstein
Rev.
Kimra Perkins was with our congregation for the second week in a row!
This
time, she taught the congregation how to play the KAZU!
A Week of Feeding!!!
Sunday
- Kimra Perkins, Gail Sharp, Hanna Holt at Parkside Cafe.
Monday
- Painted Toe Art Society in Golden
Tuesday - Dillon Dam Brewery in Silverthorne
Thank
you, Rebecca!
Wednesday
- Carolyn Alexander, Anna Marie Nelson, Merit Hellman-Funk
and
her sister Anne, at Keys on the Green
Thursday
- our local condo monthly get-together on our lawn
Friday
- Anne Vickstrom had a lovely luncheon for us.
July 25, 2021 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Year B
Previous OPQs may be found at:
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Trinity Church, Boston -
Ichtus
2 Samuel 11:1-15 and Psalm 14
OR
2 Kings 4:42-44 and Psalm 145:10-18
Ephesians 3:14-21
John 6:1-21
First Reading 2 Samuel 11:1-15
1In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle,
David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel with him; they ravaged the
Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
2It happened,
late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the
roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman
was very beautiful. 3David sent
someone to inquire about the woman. It was reported, "This is Bathsheba
daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite." 4So David sent messengers to fetch
her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself
after her period.) Then she returned to her house. 5The woman
conceived; and she sent and told David, "I am pregnant."
6So David
sent word to Joab, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent Uriah
to David. 7When Uriah
came to him, David asked how Joab and the people fared, and how the war was
going. 8Then David
said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and wash your feet." Uriah
went out of the king's house, and there followed him a present from the king. 9But Uriah slept at the entrance of
the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his
house. 10When they
told David, "Uriah did not go down to his house", David said to
Uriah, "You have just come from a journey. Why did you not go down to your
house?" 11Uriah said
to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah remain in booths; and my lord Joab
and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I then go to
my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as
your soul lives, I will not do such a thing." 12Then David
said to Uriah, "Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you
back." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day. On the next day, 13David invited him to eat and drink
in his presence and made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on
his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
14In the
morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15In the letter he wrote, "Set
Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, so
that he may be struck down and die."
1Fools say in their hearts,
"There is no God."
They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
there is no one who does good.
2The LORD looks down from heaven on humankind
to see if there are any who are wise,
who seek after God.
3They have all gone astray, they are all alike perverse;
there is no one who does good,
no, not one.
4Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon the LORD?
5There they shall be in great terror,
for God is with the company of the righteous.
6You would confound the plans of the poor,
but the LORD is their refuge.
7O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion!
When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.
Second Reading Ephesians 3:14-21
14For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. 16I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant
that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, 17and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you
are being rooted and grounded in love. 18I pray that you may have the
power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and
height and depth, 19and to know the love of
Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the
fullness of God.
20Now to him who by the power
at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask
or imagine, 21to him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus to all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.
1After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee,
also called the Sea of Tiberias. 2A large
crowd kept following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the
sick. 3Jesus went
up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4Now the Passover, the festival of
the Jews, was near. 5When he
looked up and saw a large crowd coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip,
"Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?" 6He said this to test him, for he
himself knew what he was going to do. 7Philip
answered him, "Six months' wages would not buy enough bread for each of
them to get a little." 8One of his
disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 9"There is a boy here who has
five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?" 10Jesus said, "Make the people
sit down." Now there was a great deal of grass in the place; so they sat
down, about five thousand in all. 11Then Jesus
took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who
were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. 12When they were satisfied, he told
his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be
lost." 13So they
gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by
those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets. 14When the
people saw the sign that he had done, they began to say, "This is indeed
the prophet who is to come into the world."
15When Jesus
realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king,
he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
16When evening
came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17got into a
boat, and started across the lake to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had
not yet come to them. 18The lake
became rough because a strong wind was blowing. 19When they
had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the lake and
coming near the boat, and they were terrified. 20But he said
to them, "It is I; do not be afraid." 21Then they
wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land
towards which they were going.