Pastor Joel's mid-week reminders for 9/20/2011
This entry was posted on 9/20/2011 2:07 PM and is filed under Mid-Week Reminders.
'Make
me
to know your ways, O Lord.' Psalm 25.4
The image of life as a journey is
taken from many
references in the Bible, including this simple passage
from Psalm 25.
In the early years after Christ's resurrection, followers
of Jesus were
known not as Christians, but rather as People of the Way.
Every path
leads somewhere, but all paths of human existence lead
from birth to
death. The great question of all religions is who we are
and what we
become as we follow that path.
Jesus reminds us, "I am the Truth, and the Life, and the
Way." Notice
the strong metaphor: "I am the Way." Not, "I will show
you the way",
but rather "I am the way." So the answer to the
Psalmist's
request, "make me to know your ways, O Lord", finds its
answer in the
person of Jesus. Know Jesus, know the way. And it's much
more than
just head knowledge. It's intimacy with Christ. It's
deep fellowship
in Christ's love, compassion, and healing power. It's a
total way of
life that encompasses every aspect of who we are and what
we do and how
we think.
OPPORTUNITY
FOR
INDIVIDUAL PRAYERS OF HEALING THIS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER
25: All of us search for
wholeness and
well-being in our life journeys, but there is so much that
brings
brokenness to our lives. During
worship on
this coming Sunday, you will have opportunity to privately
request
prayers for healing. As is our practice, I will make myself
available
for your requests during Communion. Please feel free to
approach me
near the Baptismal font and share with me your personal need
for
healing in any area of your life. That could mean physical
health,
emotional health, relationships, financial burdens, crises,
feelings of
loss, job difficulties, communication problems, family issues,
in other
words just about anything in your life that is of deep concern
to you.
And please remember that everything you share with me will
be held
in complete confidentiality.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
WORKSHOP:
Sunday, October 16, right after worship and potluck.
Please let
Jonet
Schutz, our Faith Community Health Minister, know if you can
attend
this 90 minute workshop led by Arlene Janssens, former
Deaconness at St
John Lutheran Church. Look for more details in forthcoming
issue of
the Spirit Call newsletter. There will also be a Sign Up
Sheet posted
on the main bulletin board.
FALLEN OFF
THE EMAIL
LIST? Occasionally some names are
randomly eliminated by our computer server from the
congregational
email list. If you are no longer receiving regular emails
from the
office (including prayer requests, Midweek Reminders, etc.),
please
call the office. Otherwise, we have no way of knowing who is
and who
isn't receiving our emails.
10
MOST WANTED FOODS FOR MARION POLK FOOD SHARE:
Thank you
all so much for continuing to bring food for the enormous
amounts of
hungry people in our Salem area! Please remember the 10
most basic
foods MPFS asks for: soup...chili...mac
and
cheese...cereal...peanut
butter...tuna...canned fruit...canned
vegetables...pasta sauce...pasta. Bring your
food items to
worship with you and place them in the red wagon by our
worship area.
Also, thanks for your contributions to our own small food
pantry, under
the direction of Kathy Lisle. There is a separate and clearly
labeled
green bin for the same foods for our food pantry.
DATES
AND
EVENTS TO NOTE ~
Sunday, Sept.
25.......Worship with Healing
Prayers
Oct 3 -
6................Pastor and Diane
out of
town
Sunday, Oct
16..........Congregational potluck
followed by Disaster Preparedness
Workshop
Oct 18 -
20.............NW District All
Workers
Conference, Seaside
Sunday, Nov
6..........All Saints and
Veterans
Recognition Sunday
**Please see the weekly
bulletin, Spirit Call, and
master
calendar for a complete listing of dates and
events.
