MERCY & JUSTICE 2025:
Isaiah: Glimpses of God’s Mercy and Justice
Each January as a church, we call one another to a month of awareness, discussion, prayer, fasting and action toward significant areas of mercy and justice in our neighborhoods, region, nation and world.
This year, we’re continuing a local mercy initiative focused on Family Advocacy (previously called “Fatherlessness and Foster Care.”) Throughout the Bible, God identifies himself as the “Father of the Fatherless.” God hears the cries of the fatherless. God defends and provides and sustains the fatherless. God welcomes the fatherless and shows them mercy.
And as if that weren’t enough, one of the most beautiful pictures of our salvation in scripture is adoption. Through the work of Jesus, we are adopted by God into his forever family.
These incredible realities compel us to be people who care for families and the fatherless in our time and place. We live in a world and a region where many vulnerable children need love and care and a safe place to call home.
To kick off the year, we’re going to look at a handful of Isaiah’s prophecies. Through Isaiah, God reminds his rebellious people of his own mercy and justice and calls them to more faithfully embody it in their own lives.
So join us as we begin a new year together seeking to increasingly become God’s just and merciful people in the world.