From the Desk of Pastor Diehl
October 2008
If you look at the church
calendar in this newsletter
(both the "Our Savior" side
and the "Community Happenings"
side), you'll see
that a lot goes on around
Our Savior other than Saturday
night or Sunday morning.
But as important as all
of those things are, worship
is still and always will be
central to the life of this
community of faith.
It is in worship that we all
come together with our various
hurts, joys, challenges,
questions, celebrations,
etc. In worship we pray,
sing, listen, commune, confess,
extend a greeting of
peace and are fed. In worship
we gather with old,
young, male, female, working,
retired, married, single, etc. Look around at worship
some time and think:
- What does everyone
bring here as we gather
in God's presence?
- What do we need?
- What do we have to
offer?
- What is God trying to
say to us?
There is something terribly
profound about taking the
time to gather with others
to hear a Word bigger than
any of us; to touch, and be
touched by, God's Eternal
presence; to be fed by the
Bread of Life Himself;
then to be sent back out
into our daily lives. It is so
easy to get caught up in our
own little worlds and begin to think we are the center
of the universe. That in
fact is at the heart and
core of a fallen humanity.
But in worship, we
hear that Word which
tells the Truth about
both our condition and
God's willingness and
ability to re-create us
into a new and redeemed,
not just fallen,
creation. And as we
gather together, we remind
each other of that
reality and that Truth
about God and us.
During the month of October,
some highlights regarding
worship experiences
will be a "Blessing of
the Animals" on Sunday
afternoon, October 5 at
3:00 PM in the Fellowship
Hall. The weekend of
October 18-19 our worship
will be in the form of a
healing service, in commemoration
of St. Luke,
the physician. The weekend
of October 25-26 is the
Reformation celebration
with a special guest appearance
and Word from none other than Martin
Luther himself! Also on
that weekend, we will
celebrate the confirmation
of this year's confirmation
class. What a blessing it is
to be a part of special
events like that and to be a
part of the worshiping Body
of Christ.
See You in Church!
Pastor Jack |
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