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Jacob is on the run. Having deceived his brother and fractured his family, he leaves home carrying fear, guilt, and an uncertain future. With nothing but a stone for a pillow, he lies down for the night expecting only another lonely stop along the way. Instead, he encounters the living God. In a dream, Jacob sees a stairway reaching from earth to heaven, with angels ascending and descending. More importantly, God speaks words of promise: “I am with you … I will keep you wherever you go … I will not leave you.” God meets Jacob not after he has changed, but while he is still broken and imperfect. Grace comes before transformation.
When Jacob awakens, he realizes, “Surely the Lord is in this place—and I did not know it.” The ordinary ground beneath him becomes Bethel, “the house of God.” Even the stone that served as his pillow becomes a sacred marker of God's presence and faithfulness. This story reminds us that God often meets us in unexpected moments—in times of uncertainty, loss, transition, and even failure. The places we least expect can become places of holy encounter, not because of what we have done, but because God is already there.
This Sunday, we are invited to recognize God's faithful presence in our own journeys. Like Jacob, we may discover that what seems ordinary—or even difficult—can become sacred when we awaken to the God who has been with us all along. The God who transformed Jacob's stone pillow into a sacred place continues to transform our fears into hope, our uncertainty into trust, and our ordinary lives into places where God's grace is revealed.
Genesis 28:10-19
July 19, 2026
Pastor Jinyong
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Save-the-Date for our Food Drive!
We are currently looking for people to help! There are opportunities to set-up, collect donations as cars drive through, load the food into cars afterward, and deliver the donations to the food pantry.
There will be a sign-up sheet on the table at the back of the sanctuary starting this Sunday.
Please consider helping with this important event that will be run by one of our youth. AND, please plan to donate food the day of the event!
The focus of the Merrimack Valley Food Bank is to help meet a person's most profound need—adequate nutrition and freedom from hunger. Through their six hunger relief programs, they provide nutritious food to food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens and other programs that serve individuals and families in 32 cities and towns in MA and NH.