Free Methodist Church Of Santa Barbara

Luke 14:13-24 Our guest preacher Sunday morning will be Ryan Radjuko. Ryan began coming to our church as a young teenager and is currently a student at Westmont College. He interned with us over the summer and started the ordination process in our conference. Ryan has a wide range of ministry and educational experience from Costa Rica, the Foundry, Frontline Youth, and most recently in the Westmont's semester in the Middle East. He is exploring the call of being a lead pastor and it is an honor that he would bring the Word of God to us on Sunday. "This week we're briefly jumping out of Mark into Luke, where Jesus tells a parable that reframes the common Jewish conception of the Messianic banquet. In it, the master of the house hosts a great feast and invites many people, but every single one of them turns him down. So he calls in the poor, the marginalized - anyone he can - to come and fill his home. While this story addresses the opening of the Gospel to the Gentiles, it is also an entreaty to every believ