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Mission … in the Broadest of Terms
We thank Neil Snyder for serving as our guest devotioneer this week. Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go…
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Welcome the Mussers
This is an exciting time for St. Peter’s! Church leadership has spent the past several months discerning the direction in which we think the Lord is calling us, that we might fulfill, even more deeply and faithfully, our vision through a mission campaign. In order to consider launching a campaign, it is important for leadership…
Called Into Mission
We could not have a worse Gospel Lesson for this morning’s service than the one I just read from Luke, chapter 20. On Annual Meeting Sunday, I was hoping that maybe the First Lesson would be from the First Book of Kings … recounting King Solomon’s temple building project in Jerusalem, and how he paid…
Church … on the Corner and in Your Head
I love it when a plan comes together
New Day Sermon pentecost 4 In today’s Gospel from Luke chapter 10, Jesus sends his followers out on a mission. If this mission were to be a TV series, maybe it would look something like this: Now, for the rest of the sermon, about “The A-Team”…
Pentecost 4 Preview
“The Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go.” -Luke 10:1 Close your eyes and picture Jesus and his followers together. Most likely we either picture Jesus sitting around with the twelve disciples or standing in the midst of…
Our Mission Giving Plan for 2019
Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing the Mission Giving Plan for the 2019 church year presented in a different way than the typical congregational budget. This “narrative ministry budget” presents our congregational mission in the context of 11 major areas of ministry in St. Peter’s congregation, noting a few of the various…