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This Sunday: July 26, 2026
SERMON
This Sunday: The Rev. Dr. Laura Harbert
“Seeds of Heaven”
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
Bible Passages:
1 Kings 3:5-12; Psalm 119:129-136; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
Lector:
Dave Nee
Crucifer:
Peggy Pfeifer
Ushers:
Kathy Gray and Carol Williams
Flowers:
Steve Bellavance, “In loving memory of my dad, Gerry Bellavance.”
Fellowship:
Carle Mowell and Hilary Landry
Musicians
Tim Krol, baritone and cantor
Bach Festival Artist
Cathryn Wilkinson, piano and organ
Prelude
Offertory
Organ Postlude
Welcome back to Tim Krol, our guest soloist, cantor, and Bach Festival artist. This is Tim’s 23rd season with the Carmel Bach Festival! A Grammy award winner, Tim is a lyric baritone and recording artist whose repertoire spans early music, modern classical music and opera, musical theater, and jazz. For nine years, Krol performed and toured worldwide with Chanticleer, America’s premier a cappella vocal ensemble. Krol was the featured soloist in two different productions of Leonard Bernstein’s Dybbuk with the San Francisco Ballet. As a Bach specialist, Krol has sung solo in numerous cantatas and Passions throughout the United States, including the role of Jesus in the St. John Passion with Conspirare and Pilate in the critically acclaimed staged production of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at Brooklyn Academy of Music. He was a featured soloist in Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath and Something Wonderful: An Evening of Broadway with Deborah Voigt. As an active freelance singer and teacher in New York City, Krol maintains voice studios in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Music Coming Up!
August 2
Igor Poklad, clarinet
Cathryn Wilkinson, piano and organ
August 9
Nicholas Mourlam, organist
August 16
Cathryn Wilkinson, organ and piano
The Rev. Dr. Michael Harbert
Pastor's Letter
Dear CitF Family,
This week I will be away doing something I love—backpacking in God’s wilderness with one of my life-long friends. Please pray for our safety and keen awareness of God’s gifts as Steve and I hike from Arroyo Seco through the Ventana Wilderness out to the coast five miles south of Big Sur. I can’t wait! My first outdoor adventure since returning home!
I will also have the wonderful treat of assisting my wife, Laura, this coming Sunday as she preaches from 1 Kings 3:5-12; Psalm 119:129-136 and Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52.
I encourage us to take time to read and reflect upon these scriptures. How do they express our current theme of how God only sews good seed in our world and into our lives?
May we each grow in our capacity to have open hearts to receive God’s good seed, so God can more freely lead us to the life we were made for!
Grace & Peace,
Pastor Mike
Small Groups & Bible Study
Growth Groups
These are gatherings where CitF members and friends can explore faith and deepen fellowship.
Sunday Bible Study
We meet every Sunday in the Multipurpose Room
from 9:00 – 9:40 a.m.
to discuss the scripture passages of the day.
Pastor Mike leads our weekly discussions.
Women’s Bible Study
with Rev. Dr. Laura Harbert
The first and third Tuesday of each month 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
At Mia Jarick’s home in Pacific Grove
Contact Mia to RSVP
miajarick1@yahoo.com
831-917-3202
Men’s Bible Study
The Thursday morning Men’s Bible Study
is taking a summer break and will resume in the fall.
If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Mike at
(831) 915-4413 or pastormike@churchintheforest.org.