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From Pastor Jay It was interesting to see who came and ate with us yesterday. From the people that we invited weeks ago, to the people we invited last minute yesterday, to the people that just wandered in because of the smell - we had all sorts of people in here last night. I have been reading 2 Corinthians devotionally these days. In writing his second letter to the Corinthians, he uses some interesting language. He says "For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing." (2 Cor 2:15) To my knowledge, this is one of the few instances in the Bible where the sense of smell is used to explain who we are in Christ. Paul tells us that we are the aroma of Christ. We are like a scent that wafts down the street and tickles your nose. We are to be an aroma that floats in the air and engages people like barbeque smoke, freshly cut grass, or today - that distinctive scent of rain. Whenever you smell one of those aromas, you know something is happening. If you smell barbeque, you know that someplace near by there is going to be a piece of meat roasting on a grill. If you smell cut grass, you know that somewhere nearby someone mowed their lawn. If you smell that first scent of rain, you know the earth is going to get watered. Those aromas are proof of what has happened and what is happening. So too are you the aroma of Christ to both those being saved and those perishing. You are the scent of something that has happened because of a cross 2000 years ago. You are the scent of a baptism that happened a matter of years or months ago in your own life. You are the aroma that lets others know what has happened in your life because of Jesus. Go forth and smell the place up... In Christ, Pastor Jay Clear
Your Calendars! New and
Important
Calendar Items! August 23rd - Paintball with ULC Join us as we go paintballing at Tallahassee Paintball Park. We will meet at ULC at 11am, have lunch someplace, and then go to the paintball park. (Events may be cancelled or changed due to weather.) August 17th - The 15th Sunday After Pentecost
Stop by for breakfast at University Lutheran on your way to classes on Monday and Tuesday. August 28th - LSSNF and Ten Thousand Villages Shopping Day See details below. Check Your Name On Our Directory Sunday This coming Sunday, be sure to check your information on the University Lutheran Directory before it is published. 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. Student
Welcome Meal on September 7th Some very wise people mentioned that we
should not have a student welcome meal after church the first weekend
that they are in town. We will have a student reception meal
after church on September 7th instead. Missed a
sermon? Send
a Card Consider sending a
card or celebrating with the following people in some way this week:
Good
Stuff 5. You're pretty sure the marks on your meat came from a tire, not a grill. 4. The guy cooking asks if you want a leg or thigh...or arm. 3. There are 4 officials at the BBQ, one person to do the grilling, two to hold buckets of water, and another ready with phone in hand to call 911. 2. Your host has already used 3 scouring pads, a bottle of Draino, and an orbital sander to try to clean the grill. 1. Everything on the grill has a long, thin tail...
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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) Thanksgiving for an effective and contemplative Peer Ministry Retreat. Those dealing with the effects of Tropical Storm Faye. Thanksgiving for Emma Kandzer who was recently tested and is WAY above the reading level for her age. Our Church Council, that they may effectively work on the things they have been given to do in this community. ...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
here for ULC's Calendar of Events Email
Links: Get This
In Your Email Box! LutherNOLE T-Shirts Peer
Minister Corner We had a great time on retreat at
Luther Springs in Hawthorne FL where we discussed our core values and
the future of the Peer Ministry program at ULC. Seminole Sensation Week has come
upon us, please pray that we may actively minister to new and returning
students. Your Peer
Ministers are Adam
Douthwaite, Randee
Garrett,
and Crystal
Berner.
Last
Sunday In Perspective
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