You’re in the right place!

You have found a place to encounter God and people who care about you – just as you are, right where you are, anytime. Our welcoming, energizing, community worship premiers at 10:30 AM every Sunday in the beautiful and historic Red Brick Church. We are fully accessible and street and lot parking is available. Get news and event information in your inbox every week by subscribing to our weekly Connections email newsletter. Sign up here!

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This week, we’re hearing a knocking at our door?! Is it trick-or-treaters?

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This week commemorates the Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) that transformed Europe with renewed spiritual energy. The Reformation was coexistent with the Black Plague devastating effects of the second wave of the Black Death, as the bubonic plague wiped out an estimated 30% to 60% of the population. As communities contended with the disease, the Protestant Reformation’s motto, Scripture alone, grace alone, and faith alone, emboldened followers of Christ to humble service, scientific and religious scholarship, and ministries of caring. While the names of reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin are widely recognized, the occurrence of Reformation Day on Halloween, October 31, was no accident for Luther. Halloween, or All Hallow’s Eve, is the day before All Saints Day. The Church would be packed with worshippers as it recognizes the community of faith that has passed on. Luther wanted to broadcast his criticism of the Church to as broad an audience as possible to promote reform. He couldn’t have picked a more appropriate connection since he was calling the Church back to the Gospel roots and  Christian affirmations.

The Rev. Larry Loyer will preach this week while Melissa and Pastor Kevin are on vacation. The message from Luke 19: 1-10 is titled It’s Halloween. Who’s knocking at your door? We will meet a tax collector named Zacchaeus. (Was this the repentant tax man Jesus referred to in last week’s message?) When Jesus referred to Zacchaeus as a child of Abraham yet was still lost, he must’ve shocked his hearers in at least two ways. They would have had a hard time even acknowledging that this unpopular tax collector was a fellow son of Abraham, and they would never admit that the children of Abraham are lost. This Sunday, we will discover that no one is saved by a good heritage or condemned by a bad one. We reaffirm our Reformation roots because faith is more important than genealogy.

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We begin with our Fall countdown that sets the theme for our worship experience today. We will enjoy our Fifth Sunday Hymn Sing, so be thinking of a favorite hymn you’d like us to sing! Following the message we will be moved by an energetic music lyric video from Koiné Music, Speak O Savior, I Am Listening. Our sending hymn is Zacchaeus Was A Tax Man, written by Carolyn Gillette to the tune of The Church’s One Foundation.

Whatever your religious affiliation, or none at all, we all hear Jesus say, “Come to me all who are overburdened, and find rest for your soul!” Everyone is welcome at Cold Spring Church. Yes, everyone!

Enjoy sitting with others from greater Cape May as we worship together. We simplified our service and made it even easier to participate, with our Worship Guide and lyric videos displayed on a large screen.

Worship with us on YouTube (click here)

Physical distancing is recommended but not required!

You have found a place to encounter God and people who care about you – just as you are, right where you are, anytime. Subscribe to our weekly Connections email newsletter. Sign up here!

Energize your life and discover the amazing love of Jesus! This week is the perfect time to join us in person for worship. Enjoy live music and solo, lyric videos, and a message of hope from God’s word.

We are excited to welcome you to worship in our historic Red Brick Church that premiers on Sundays at 10:30 AM.

You’re in the right place!

You have found a place to encounter God and people who care about you – just as you are, right where you are, anytime. Our welcoming, energizing, community worship premiers at 10:30 AM every Sunday in the beautiful and historic Red Brick Church. We are fully accessible and street and lot parking is available. Get news and event information in your inbox every week by subscribing to our weekly Connections email newsletter. Sign up here!

Get your Worship Guide (click here)

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This week, we’re hanging out at the corner of faith and justice!

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Our political, community and personal conversations often contain criticism without grace and accusations without evidence. Looking at others with contempt in our economic and political climate seems to be easy for us. From social media to the corner deli, judging the offenses of those around us is second nature. Why do we hold others in disdain? In our Gospel lesson this week, Jesus introduces us to two individuals at the temple. One gave thanks for not being like those despicable others, and the second humbly asked God for mercy. From Despicable 2 Incredible is Pastor Kevin’s message from Luke 18:9-14 as we learn about skyscrapers and our uniqueness. How can we eliminate the corrosive nature of contempt? What must we do to get out of the habit of expressing disdain, both in our relationships and, more broadly, as a nation?

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We begin with our Fall countdown to worship video that sets the theme for our  experience today. God welcomes all of us, right now, without exception! Beverly Mate will sing O Savior, In This Quiet Place, accompanied by Jayne McDonough. Following the message we will be moved by an energetic music lyric video, Chief of Sinners Though I Be, recalling our Gospel lesson about spiritual humility and the astonishing good news that Christ brings us. Our sending hymn is Fight the Good Fight which may appear to be a military theme, but in fact is an athletic one, from a Greek verb meaning “struggle” or “grapple” or “wrestle.” The sports context continues in later stanzas reflecting the experience of a runner (recalling Hebrews 12:1-2).

Whatever your religious affiliation, or none at all, we all hear Jesus say, “Come to me all who are overburdened, and find rest for your soul!” Everyone is welcome at Cold Spring Church. Yes, everyone!

Enjoy sitting with others from greater Cape May as we worship together. We simplified our service and made it even easier to participate, with our Worship Guide and lyric videos displayed on a large screen.

Worship with us on YouTube (click here)

Physical distancing is recommended but not required!

You have found a place to encounter God and people who care about you – just as you are, right where you are, anytime. Subscribe to our weekly Connections email newsletter. Sign up here!

Energize your life and discover the amazing love of Jesus! This week is the perfect time to join us in person for worship. Enjoy live music and solo, lyric videos, and a message of hope from God’s word.

We are excited to welcome you to worship in our historic Red Brick Church that premiers on Sundays at 10:30 AM.

You’re in the right place!

You have found a place to encounter God and people who care about you – just as you are, right where you are, anytime. Our welcoming, energizing, community worship premiers at 10:30 AM every Sunday in the beautiful and historic Red Brick Church. We are fully accessible and street and lot parking is available. Get news and event information in your inbox every week by subscribing to our weekly Connections email newsletter. Sign up here!

Get your Worship Guide (click here)

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This week, we’re hanging out at the corner of faith and justice!

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There are thousands of intersections in Cape May. Think about intersections near you: What intersection is the most remarkable to you? When is the intersection the busiest with traffic or pedestrians? Why not take a photo of your intersection to share with us on Sunday?

Consider our corner at Seashore and Academy Roads. For hundreds of years, our intersection has been a gathering place, a sending place, and a safe place for neighbors to enjoy at the Red Brick Church and the beautiful cemetery campus. Cold Spring Church is at the crossroads of community activity.

This week we will hear Jesus’ story about a widow and a judge from Luke 18 who find themselves at a crossroads. Why did she go to the judge at night? What does Jesus want us to learn from the judge’s decision even though he hated God and people? Join us at the corner of Faith Avenue and Justice Street this Sunday, where we find Jesus looking for an intersection of faith and justice in our lives, too. What will you find there?

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Worship begins with singing God Welcomes All. Barbara Cain will sing There is a Longing in Our Hearts. The refrain of this sung prayer describes why we pray, and the stanzas indicate what we pray for. These requests are not for possessions but for qualities and conditions we hope for in the world around us, and they emerge from the changing circumstances of our lives. 

After the message we will enjoy the music lyric video by 7eventh Time Down, I Have Decided.

Our sending music is David Haas’ Come! Live In the Light (We Are Called), based on the well-known challenge of Micah 6:8, “What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Our theme of faith and justice is the musical center about our vocation as follows of Jesus.

Whatever your religious affiliation, or none at all, we all hear Jesus say, “Come to me all who are overburdened, and find rest for your soul!” Everyone is welcome at Cold Spring Church. Yes, everyone!

Enjoy sitting with others from greater Cape May as we worship together. We simplified our service and made it even easier to participate, with our Worship Guide and lyric videos displayed on a large screen.

Worship with us on YouTube (click here)

Physical distancing is recommended but not required!

You have found a place to encounter God and people who care about you – just as you are, right where you are, anytime. Subscribe to our weekly Connections email newsletter. Sign up here!

Energize your life and discover the amazing love of Jesus! This week is the perfect time to join us in person for worship. Enjoy live music and solo, lyric videos, and a message of hope from God’s word.

We are excited to welcome you to worship in our historic Red Brick Church that premiers on Sundays at 10:30 AM.