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From Pastor Jay There is a good reason that she never saw anyone and that we never saw her - this building is architecturally designed to ignore campus. The side of our building that faces campus is a solid, impenetrable wall. That could be a really good excuse for not engaging in conversations with people at Florida State. We simply don't see them. This past Sunday I talked about the people that God has given us to care for and to pray for. Can you just not see the people God has given you? How could your eyes be opened? Almost every time I poke around the front of our building, I find at least one beer bottle or beer can, a bunch of cigarette butts, and a few fast food wrappers. From this evidence I can deduce that there is a very scary monster who sits outside of my church everyday smoking cigarettes, drinking beer, and eating fast food. That could be a good reason for not engaging in conversations with people outside of our front doors. All of the evidence seems to point to the idea that they are really scary. Are you afraid of the people God has given you? How could your fears be calmed? I was just out front earlier today and met someone. He was tattooed pretty heavily, but nice...not very monster-like. He even helped me pick up some trash and asked when we had services. It has taken me forever to finish this sign for the front. I have great excuses for not engaging people by finishing that sign. "I'm too busy," "I'm not really a carpenter," "This'll be ugly," "I'll screw it up," "Somebody will steal it the first day I put it outside," etc etc. What are your excuses for not engaging the people God has given you? Do you really think they're good excuses? honestly? We have been given people by God, and He seems to enjoy pointing those people out if we're open to what He is trying to show us. He enjoys pointing them out because they're just like us. He enjoys pointing them out because He died on a cross for them just like He died on a cross for us. He took no excuse. He looked at the people God gave Him, looked at a cross and a grave, and unflinchingly took it for us. He looked at you. He's looking at you today. He's even giving you to someone else so that they can take care of you in some way. He has taken care of your sin. He has invited you to heaven. He has freed you up so that you can engage with and care for the people God has given you. In Christ, Pastor Jay Clear
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Calendar Items! We got our lines crossed and we have no one to send to help feed the Homeless at the HOPE Community tomorrow. Please consider joining Pastor Jay at 5pm tomorrow. Email for more information. May 11th - Pentecost Sunday
We begin our new series, Heroes, this Wednesday at 6pm at University Lutheran. Come at 5:30 for dinner. More information below. Free on Tuesdays or Thursdays? Pastor Jay is looking for a few people to help him fill slots at the Seminole Discovery table on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11am to 3pm, starting May 13 until June 26. You need not sign up for the whole time, but if you can be there anytime, please let Pastor Jay know via email. Both students and non-students welcome to participate. Seminole Discovery is when incoming freshmen go through orientation at Florida State. This first touch is absolutely necessary. Thank you for considering volunteering. +Vespers+ starts new series on Biblical heroes +Vespers+ Guitar Led Worship has been on a break for a couple of weeks, but this next Wednesday we will begin a new series focusing on Biblical heroes like Joshua, Peter, Gideon, etc. Dinner at 5:30pm, +Vespers+ from 6pm to 7pm. Looking for a roommate? A 20-something female from Grace Lutheran church here in Tallahassee is looking for a roommate. If you're looking for a roommate call Tracy at 850 443 0173 or email her by clicking this link. Missed a
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Good Stuff The magazine "Christianity Today" has an anonymous advice columnist who goes by the name Eutychus. A lay person wrote in rather distraught about their pastor's Easter sermon:Dear Eutychus: (the letter begins) Our preacher said, On Easter, that Jesus just swooned on the cross and the disciples nursed Him back to health. What do you think? Sincerely, Bewildered Dear Bewildered: Beat your preacher with a cat-of-nine-tails using 39 heavy strokes, nail him to a cross, hang him in the sun for 6 hours; run a spear through his heart; embalm him; put him in an airless tomb for 36 hours and see what happens. Sincerely, Eutychus |
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Lutheran Enews May 6 Faithful Members Serving at Worship for May 11th Organist Adam Brink Choir Director Bethany Kiral Guitar Worship Team Adam Douthwaite Crystal Berner Communion Setup Linda Andrews Communion Assistant Josh Meyer Acolyte Please Sign Up Usher Victoria Mwegoha Reader Dale Landry Refreshments The Hoovers Sound System Bill Lueck Forget Your Checkbook Last Sunday? Send in your offering via University Lutheran's web site. Prayer List (Please consider including the following in your
prayer life this week) Thanksgiving on the occasion of the marriage of Pastor Tom’s daughter, Alison. For all who suffer in the country of Myanmar after they were hit with a powerful cyclone killing thousands, that this may be an inroad for the Gospel of Christ. Our own Andrew Rickmers who is leaving for basic training in 2 weeks. Thanksgiving for Carol, friend of Mary Liz Moody whom we have prayed for, that her cancer diagnosis is looking better than expected. Our Council as we continue to try to figure out when to meet and how to get the business of the church done. Continued prayers for Dave Heller's mother, Connie, who awaits word on cancer tests. Thanksgiving for Dale Mack who has gone through surgery for cancer with great successes. All those who live in a homeless lifestyle, that we may be empowered to help them. For families and all those who travel. Eric, Angie Wagner's brother, who is dealing with cancer. Thanksgiving on the occasion of graduations for Jen Barnhill and Lisa Buenrostro. Thanksgiving on behalf of all law students who have a short reprieve from their work. Thanksgiving that Lucy Lueck is back at home and out of the hospital. Those who mourn, including those who mourn Jonathan O'Connor, brother of one of our visitors, who was buried last week. William Ford, friend of Randee Garrett, who has just left for a year in Iraq. ...and that our prayers may be joined with the prayers of all God's saints here on earth. Weekly
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925 W. Jefferson St.
Tallahassee, FL 32304
850 224 6059
pastor@universitylutheranchurch.org