Greetings!

Continuing the Upper Room discourse in John's Gospel (sometimes also called Jesus' farewell address), our New Testament passage for this Sunday shows Jesus talking about servants (or slaves) and friends: 

I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends....

So, here's a provocative question for you as you prepare for worship on Sunday: Who are God's friends? Doesn't He love everyone? Is there a special designation "friend of God"?

Take a look at the Scriptures for Sunday (right column) and do some thinking about friendship with Jesus. Oops, and one more thing: How about a little Bible study on the words "servants" (or "slaves") and "friends". Can you find some examples of both in Scripture?

Looking forward to worshiping with you on Sunday!