After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. A large crowd kept following him because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are ...

Leader: Come and gather in worship as we hear once again the stories of Jesus and of how one of his disciples dared to step out in faith, but also had doubts. People: We come ready to follow Christ wherever he leads, trusting that his hand will never let us go. Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made. People: We will rejoice and be glad in it...

On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, ...

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up, left everything, and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others reclining at the table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, “...

A woman suffering for years touches Jesus’ cloak and is healed after being noticed and affirmed by him. Jesus notices the one everyone else has learned to ignore, restoring not only health but dignity and belonging. Who among us has become invisible, and what does it mean to truly see them?...