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“The Church is not a group of people who believe all the same things; the Church is a group of people caught up in the same story, with Jesus at the center."
-Rachel Held Evans
-Rachel Held Evans
At Magnolia United Methodist Church, church is more than just a building, or a Sunday morning service. All are welcome, to participate in any or all of our commuinities, as you choose, and as you are. Doubter or believer, gay or straight, documented or undocumented, you are welcome here. Together, we make a community, centered on Christ's love, existing to serve God's love and mercy to our neighbors.
At Magnolia United Methodist Church, church is more than just a building, or a Sunday morning service. All are welcome, to participate in any or all of our commuinities, as you choose, and as you are. Doubter or believer, gay or straight, documented or undocumented, you are welcome here. Together, we make a community, centered on Christ's love, existing to serve God's love and mercy to our neighbors.
Lent 2026 Series: Coming Back to Life
Feb 22, 2026 - 1st Sunday in Lent: Brought Out of Hiding
Texts: Matthew 4:1-11, Psalm 32
This Lent we will work through a series I’m calling “Coming Back to Life.” Rather than focusing on guilt or self-criticism, this season invites us to notice the ways we lose our sense of aliveness (through shame, fear, distorted self-understanding, and despair) and to encounter the God who gently restores us. Each week we will move one step further into life: from honesty to trust, from clarity to resurrection hope. This is not a Lenten journey of beating ourselves up, but a journey of being drawn back into grace, belonging, and new life.
This first week, “Brought Out of Hiding,” we begin by naming the weight of shame and the freedom of grace. Psalm 32 speaks of the heaviness of hidden burdens, while Jesus in the wilderness refuses the lie that worth must be proven. Together these scriptures invite us into honesty before God and into the grace that meets us there. As we begin the Lenten journey, we are invited to release shame, step into grace, and remember that God’s deepest desire is always to bring us back to life.
There is no video service available for this week's service. If you'd like a manuscript of the sermon and a copy of the bulletin, please email contactMUMC@gmail.com.
If you would like to view a past service online, they are all archived here.
Weekly Schedule at MUMC
Sundays
11am-noon - Sunday Morning Worship.
Thursdays
2-3:30pm - Pies and Conversation. A chance to serve our neighbors residing at the Interbay Transitional Housing (Tiny House) Village.
Fridays
7-8am - Online Christ-Centered Meditation. Join us via Zoom from wherever you live.
Magnolia United Methodist Church
2820 - 34th Ave W
Seattle, WA 98199
(360) 890-1873
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