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From Pastor Jay I swam competitively in high school for a club team. When I arrived at college, however, I was disappointed to hear about the pool's hours. There was no swim team, no swim club, no swim anything except a lap swim at 12 noon that I usually couldn't make because of classes. My swim career hit an abrupt end. It really wasn't until I was at the seminary that I picked up my goggles once again and joined a masters swim team in St. Louis. I began swimming my first laps and said hello to an old friend I hadn't seen in a long time - the black line at the bottom of the pool. There is something comforting about that black line at the bottom of the pool for swimmers. It gently tells us where to go, when to turn, and how deep the pool is getting. If you're not a swimmer, maybe it's like the baseline on a baseball diamond or the space in between two lines on a running track, or maybe it's the confines of a balance beam. Whatever it is, it is something that keeps you from bumping into something that you shouldn't. In John 21, Peter jumps into the water in order to swim to Jesus. We don't know if Peter broke any world records that day, but He did have an experience like following that black line, even after He got out of the water that day. As you read John 21, you hear Jesus say, "Follow Me." Maybe he felt like he was being put on the spot, but Peter shifts the attention over to John and says, "Lord, what about this man?" Jesus tells Peter that it basically doesn't matter what happens to the other guy. "You follow Me," Jesus says again. When you're swimming, if you look at the black line in someone else's lane, you're going to end up drifting to that lane. You'll probably get caught up in the lane lines, and that can really hurt. It's better to follow the black line in your lane. That's what Jesus is telling Peter here - stay in your lane, keep your eyes on your black line. Keep your eyes on Jesus. Keep following Him. Keep your eyes on His cross where He forgave and forgives your sins. And if you do happen to look into the next lane and don't see anyone there, don't worry, maybe God has created you to be a Michael Phelps. In Christ, Pastor Jay Clear
Your Calendars! New and
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Calendar Items! August 15th-17th - Peer Ministry Retreat Pastor Jay and the Peer Ministers will be preparing for the upcoming Fall Semester with a planning and reflection retreat. August 17th - The 14th Sunday After Pentecost
Seminole Sensation week is a half-week before classes begin on August 25th. Dorms will open and students will begin to come in this week and weekend. University Lutheran will be running many programs during this time period. Please consider attending and/or helping. More information available by clicking here. Helping ULC Grow - Overview being offered again, Aug 31st Interested in helping University Lutheran be more hospitable, being a good neighbor to people moving into the area, and bringing the Gospel of Jesus to non-churched people? Were you not able to make it to the last "Overview" meeting? Join us after church on August 31st!!! LSSNF
and Ten Thousand Villages Join Forces Aug. 28th Lutheran Social Services of North Florida
and Ten Thousand Villages are teaming up on August 28th from 5pm to 8pm
for a community shopping day. 20% of the net profit from sales
that day will go to the Inn Between program of Lutheran Social
Services. Please consider shopping! More information
available, click here. We're having
guests! It's that time of year again, the Fall
semester is starting. Please remember to be watching in the next
couple of weeks for visitors that seem a little lost. Sometimes a
friendly smile and a "hello, I don't think I have met you yet" makes
the difference between them going to church this year or skipping
church this year. 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) All students who will be returning in less than a week, that God grant them safe travel. The Peer Ministers, that their retreat may be an effective and contemplative time. The Dances who are experiencing the loss of a father and grandfather, Lawrence Lee. Allison who is healing from a broken. Safety for Jenna and Emma Kandzer as they travel. Dale Landry and the people that he is meeting with from the government of Florida and other interested parties, that they may all be led by the Spirit in good decisions. Paul Conrad who is starting his last year at college. ...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 finished reading "They Like Jesus
But Not The Church" by Dan Kimball. Next we will be watching some
counseling training videos. Seminole Sensation Week is a week
away and we will be very busy, please pray for us and consider helping
us. Your Peer
Ministers are Adam
Douthwaite, Randee
Garrett,
and Crystal Berner. Last
Sunday In Perspective
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