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From Pastor Jay I was reminded recently of a conversation that I had with a friend of mine, Landon, who is currently a fourth year seminarian at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He was telling me a story of studying for the entrance exams to the seminary. He was outside at a family member's house with a pool and half-watching their three year old as he played in the pool. As Landon poured over the New Testament, trying to memorize every book's outline and key facts - this little three year old boy got a bucket of water. As Landon tried to remember all of the different missionary journeys of Paul, this little boy traveled over to where Landon was sitting. And as Landon might have been considering Jesus washing His disciple's feet - this little boy poured the bucket of water on Landon's feet, looked up at him, smiled, and went back to the pool. Because Landon knew those stories, that experience by the pool that day was transformed into something that was used by the Holy Spirit to tell Landon (and hopefully you) something about God. Sometimes we begin to think that our reading of Scripture is about how much or how many books of the Bible we read. It is good to set up goals for ourselves that keep us on track and keep us accountable, but the most important thing can get lost if we keep our decision to 'read a chapter of the Bible a day' as the goal. The goal that God has for you in the Scripture is to see His face. The goal that God has for you in the Scripture is for you to see His love. The goal that God has for you is for you to feel the cool water on your feet, see Him pouring it on you, see His face smile upon you, and for you to run with Him back to the pool every day. In Christ, Pastor Jay Clear Your Calendars! New and Important
Calendar Items! Filled! Thanks Elsa, Arlen, Bill, and Karyl! January 13th - NEW Bible Study Starting - 10am Join us as we start our new Bible study focusing on the Gospel according to Matthew. We will be taking our time going through this book of the Bible, come with your questions. Homework for this Sunday - read Matthew through once (it should take about 3 hours). January 13th - Council Meeting after Church Council Members, please plan on attending an hour long meeting after Church on the 13th. Remember, the first two chapters of Ragamuffin Gospel should be read by this time. January 16th - Formation Continues - 6:30pm That's right, if you haven't tried out Confession and Absolution with Pastor Jay yet, the clock is ticking. January 17th - Dinner and NOOMA - 5:30pm - NEW DAY Join us for Dinner and NOOMA on THURSDAY next week! Please Visit Pastor Tom Many of us are "secret servers" who go and visit Pastor Tom from time to time, yet the human heart needs companionship - and Pastor Tom's heart is craving it. Consider the following as possible ideas to do with Pastor Tom:
Relay For Life - We Need A Team Captain They will be held at 7PM on Wednesdays except for the March 3rd meeting. January 16, 2008 February 6, 2008 February 20, 2008 March 3, 2008 (Monday) March 19, 2008 Please send Pastor Jay an email and let me know if you would like to be a captain or co-captain. Tallahassee Marathon Seeking Volunteers District Evangelism News Missed a sermon? Send a Card
Good Stuff "To be formed in the likeness of the crucified - this means being a person sentenced by God. In daily existence one carries God's sentence of death, the necessity of dying before God for the sake of sin....to be conformed with the Risen One - that is to be a new person before God. In the midst of death one is in life...Human beings become human because God because human."Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from his book "Ethics" |
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