March 23, 2025 Worship 10:30 AM
Pastor Robin Wentworth Mayer will bring the message. In a short story entitled The Capital of the World set in Spain (1936), Ernest Hemingway wrote about a young man, Paco, who argued with his father over his goal to become a matador. Tensions escalated the point that Paco left in anger. Paco’s father later comes to regret the broken relationship and set out to find his son – but his search proved unsuccessful. Finally, in desperation, the father takes out an ad in the Madrid newspaper saying: “Paco, all is forgiven. Meet me at the newspaper office at 9 am tomorrow. Love, your father.” The next morning when the father arrives at the Newspaper office he is astounded to see – 600 young men named ‘Paco’ waiting….
Sunday’s message will explore what it means to be lost – and found – with God.