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4 - 10 June 2005

Proper 5

Matthew 9.9-13,18-26

Jesus, take me as I am (AAA)

We know something about the choices Matthew has made. He has chosen money in place of community, but he is still called by Jesus.

All losers together (CYP)

Celebrating the fact that Jesus welcomes people who may be classed by others as losers.

Additional resources (AAA)

I dream of a church

Christian churches are often places of exclusion. The stories told by many Afro-Caribbean people arriving in English churches in the 1950s is an appalling story of explicit racism at the heart of the Christian community.

These resources were first published in 2005.

Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 5 Year A
Matthew 9.9-13,18-26 Hosea 5.15-6.6 Psalm 50.7-15 Romans 4.13-25

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