God's blessings to all as we approach the end of June! (Can you believe it?)
June 27, 2008
God's blessings to all as we approach the end of
June! (Can you believe it?)
Please keep Joe, our adult leaders, and youth in your prayers as they are on their way to Juarez, Mexico for the senior high youth mission trip. They're teaming up with Faith Lutheran in Forest Lake and are travelling in a coach bus. It's a group of 43 people. My biggest concern is not the mission site or the experience they'll all have together, but the travel back and forth. The good news is that they're stopping every night on the way there and back, so should be well rested. It will be great to hear about their experiences when they return!
Last night 20 of us gathered for our TNT service, hosted by the outreach team. Included in the group was a young woman and her baby who recently moved to Wyoming and saw the service advertised on our sign. Our devotion was centered on Acts 1:8, where Jesus tells the disciples they will be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Jerusalem reprtesents those colsest to us (family, friends, Judea our neighborhods and county, Samaria those whose ethnic background and language may be different than our own, and "to the ends of the earth" the world around us. How are you being a witness in each of these areas? How are we doing as a congregation? These are good questions to think about. Following the devotion we all went and distributed flyers about our Sunday services in the neighborhoods surrounding the church. It was a lot of fun! Just a reminder there is no TNT service July 3rd. Happy 4th! We resume July 10th with the CPR puppets group as our hosts.
Sign ups continue this week for the summer dessert gatherings in July. They are each Monday and Tuesday beginning July 7th. Host homes, dates, and times are listed in the newsletter and on the sign up boards. These are intended to be fun gatherings with your fellow church members to talk about the mission we do together. Hope you will find a time you can attend!
Melissa and I are off to Jackson Hole for five days, flying out Saturday. (It helps to have a son who is a pilot!) This Sunday, Pastor Richard Baumann will be our guest in my absence. We return on the 4th. Won't have a blog next week, but will be back in church on July 6th. Hope everyone has a fun and safe 4th holiday, however you'll be celebrating! God's Peace!
Pasator Jeff
Please keep Joe, our adult leaders, and youth in your prayers as they are on their way to Juarez, Mexico for the senior high youth mission trip. They're teaming up with Faith Lutheran in Forest Lake and are travelling in a coach bus. It's a group of 43 people. My biggest concern is not the mission site or the experience they'll all have together, but the travel back and forth. The good news is that they're stopping every night on the way there and back, so should be well rested. It will be great to hear about their experiences when they return!
Last night 20 of us gathered for our TNT service, hosted by the outreach team. Included in the group was a young woman and her baby who recently moved to Wyoming and saw the service advertised on our sign. Our devotion was centered on Acts 1:8, where Jesus tells the disciples they will be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Jerusalem reprtesents those colsest to us (family, friends, Judea our neighborhods and county, Samaria those whose ethnic background and language may be different than our own, and "to the ends of the earth" the world around us. How are you being a witness in each of these areas? How are we doing as a congregation? These are good questions to think about. Following the devotion we all went and distributed flyers about our Sunday services in the neighborhoods surrounding the church. It was a lot of fun! Just a reminder there is no TNT service July 3rd. Happy 4th! We resume July 10th with the CPR puppets group as our hosts.
Sign ups continue this week for the summer dessert gatherings in July. They are each Monday and Tuesday beginning July 7th. Host homes, dates, and times are listed in the newsletter and on the sign up boards. These are intended to be fun gatherings with your fellow church members to talk about the mission we do together. Hope you will find a time you can attend!
Melissa and I are off to Jackson Hole for five days, flying out Saturday. (It helps to have a son who is a pilot!) This Sunday, Pastor Richard Baumann will be our guest in my absence. We return on the 4th. Won't have a blog next week, but will be back in church on July 6th. Hope everyone has a fun and safe 4th holiday, however you'll be celebrating! God's Peace!
Pasator Jeff