Join us for worship on Sunday, August 28, at 10:15 a.m.

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One of the great things about living in Iowa City is that there always seems to be new opportunity to start again. At any time of year, people of any age can begin once more in this town.

It wasn’t much of a surprise, then, a few years ago when Sperling’s Best Places named Iowa City as the best city in the United States for starting over. If you’re looking for a fresh start, this is where you want to be. “Iowa City really is a nice town,” the report said. “It has an attractive downtown, a well-educated population, and a great community feel to it.”

You know what they mean, don’t you?

The short book of Obadiah that we hear this morning might be our guide, a how-to manual for our fresh starts in this place. The prophet is concerned with how people are able move forward after tragedy, after suffering harm, and even after inflicting harm.

And here’s the surprising thing about all of this that we discover in these 21 verses: God extends the opportunity to start over to all people, to the good and the bad, the survivors and those who have been called “guilty bystanders.”

Scripture Lessons: Obadiah 1:1-21

Sermon: “Minor Prophets, Major Concerns: The New Beginnings of God”

The Rev. Bill Lovin preaching

QUARTET      "Peace Like a River in My Soul"

                        Loralyn Hogue, Colette Nakielski, Marie Von Behren, Rebecca Weathersford       

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here.