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From Pastor Jay This behavior shows up other places too. How many of you have worried all day about having worn the wrong clothes, but on the day when 3 people complimented your wardrobe you just said, "Oh, this old thing? It's nothing..." This particular plague may affect Lutherans a little more than other people. We are known world-wide as being modest people who abhor self-congratulation. If the meek inherit the earth, we're going to own this place someday. Some of our pious humility comes from what we believe about ourselves and our place before God. We know that we are nothing compared to Him. We know that we could never even hope to earn or even contribute to our own salvation. We know that God's work of salvation is complete in itself. We would get an "F" in God's work, an "F" in Righteousness 101. What many of us forget about, however, is that God has redeemed us so that we could have the freedom to be stewards of His creation. He has already given us the earth, and sometimes our pious meekness gets in the way of our seeing that. He has put us in charge of things in our experience, and He loves to see it when we do "A" work in those things. He has put you in a position of taking care of what He has given you. He has given you great things: things like how you live in relationship with other people, things like how you spend money, things like your time, things like how you lead others, and things like your love and your hope. He has even given you things that might seem kind of small today, but could be really big - like your laughter. How great would it be to get to heaven and find out that you got an "A" in laughter? or complimenting people? or scrunching your nose? The beautiful thing about our life as Christians, as Lutherans, is not that we got an "F" in Righteousness 101. The beautiful thing about our lives as Christians, as Lutherans, is that we have been given an "A" in righteousness because of Christ. Our "F" is taken care of, it is gone and replaced with an "A". But there are other classes now. There are other classes that you can have fun with. Maybe you can get an "A" in relationships. Maybe you can get an "A" in scrunching your nose. You'll never know unless you have fun with it. Enjoy your classes, your "F" is taken care of, it is gone. In Christ, Pastor Jay Clear
Your Calendars! New and
Important
Calendar Items! August 3rd - The 12th Sunday After Pentecost
Join us after worship this Sunday to talk about what University Lutheran is doing to spread the Gospel to our neighbors and those who live around the church. This is an introductory meeting explaining what we will be doing. No commitment is required at this time. August 9th - Work Day at ULC! It is almost time for the Fall Semester. Please consider helping us spruce up the church for the Fall, football, and students. Plenty of indoor (air-conditioned) work will be available. August 10th - Council Meeting Council Members, please clear your calendars for a Council meeting after church on Sunday, August 10th. "The Lutheran Top 5" - New Sunday Morning Bible Study Have you ever wanted to know what makes Lutherans distinct from other denominations? Come to our new Sunday morning Bible Study from 10am-10:40am and find out! We will be discussing the Theology of the Cross - go to the Sunday Morning Bible Study page on the ULC website to learn more. Children's Bulletin - watch for key words Parents, be sure to help your children watch for key words in the Children's Bulletin. Sign up to help at HOPE Consider signing up to help serve food at HOPE Community on August 14th! No one is signed up yet, so sign up a friend with you! Missed a
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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) Betty Knickerbocker who went into the hospital this past week, but is now recovering at home. The Chan family of Tallahassee Christian Church who recently buried a beloved child. Larry Lee, Cheryl Dance's father, who is now resting at home. Marv Mills, for renewed health, friend of the Kandzers. Blake Kandzer, dealing with pain from an injury earlier in life. For the Brinks who are experiencing something new in their life, 2 children instead of one. That God might watch over their children and that this community might help where we are able. For the Chinese Christian Church which continues to meet here at ULC and spreads the Gospel in a language we are unable to. For Noah Valenstein and Jen Barnhill who are now done taking the Bar Exam to become full fledged lawyers, that they may be able to sit back and relax now that this trial is over. Willard, grandfather of Randee Garrett, who has been hospitalized again. Dave, a family friend of the Brinks, who is near the end of his life. ...and that our prayers may be joined with the prayers of all God's saints here on earth. Weekly
Events Sunday @ 11am
- WORSHIP Wednesday @ 5:30pm - Dinner at ULC Wednesday @ 6pm - Click
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Minister Corner We discussed how faulty impressions
of Christianity arise. Our plans for Seminole Sensation
Week (Aug 20-24) will be published soon on the ULC webpage. We will be contacting new students
by phone after the work day on August 9th. Your Peer
Ministers are Adam
Douthwaite, Randee
Garrett,
and Crystal Berner. Last
Sunday In Perspective
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