“The Tree as Shelter” May 17, 2026 Cobleskill United Methodist Church, Pastor Anna Blinn Cole Micah 4:1-5 Ascension Sunday Micah 4:1-5 4 In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s templeshall be established as the highest of the mountains and shall be raised up above the hills.Peoples shall stream to it,2 and many nations shall come and say:“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob,that he may teach us his ways and that

“The Tree as Bearer of Fruit” May 10, 2026 Cobleskill United Methodist Church, Pastor Anna Blinn Cole Ezekiel 34:1-6; 47:6-12; Matthew 7:17-20 Sixth Sunday of Eastertide Ezekiel 34:1-6; 47:6-12 34 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 Human One, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: To the shepherds—thus says the Lord God: Woe, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 You eat the fat; you cloth

“The Tree as Rooted” May 3, 2026 Cobleskill United Methodist Church, Pastor Anna Blinn Cole Revelation 22:1-2 Fifth Sunday of Eastertide Revelation 22:1-2 The River of Life 22 Then the angel[a] showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life[b] with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month, and the leaves