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“Two-thirds of the word God
is go...” I was struck by this comment made at the
Bishop’s Convocation by Dr. Lenard Sweet, the E. Stanley Jones Professor of
Evangelism of Drew Theological School.
God has been on a mission since well… the beginning:
from creation to establishing a covenant with Israel, speaking with the prophets
to the sending of Jesus, calling the disciples to calling us today. God is certainly on the mission of calling
all of creation into a fuller relationship with the Lord.
Jesus calls us to be on the move with the Great Commission,
“Go and make disciples of all nations.” Also, he points us out towards ministry in his
world in saying, “As the Father sent me, I am sending you.” Christ gathers us as the church and then
sends us into the world. Let us be honored
to be servants of God’s mission! Our
call to be agents of God’s living word in ministry and mission, got me
thinking, “How are we, Dingmans
Ferry United
Methodist Church,
‘on the go’ for God?” Meaning, “How are we living as sent people on the mission
for Christ in the world?”
I am certain God is on the move and so are we! Our youth group is mobilizing a youth service
team to the mission opportunity called Mission
101. Three of our young people will make
the pilgrimage to Taize, France. There they will be in a prayer community with
5,000 other Christians from around the world and celebrate the Spirit of God
through service, worship and Bible study. We are preparing for this year’s Bread for the World anti-hunger
campaign, where we will be a voice for the hungry in the US and abroad. Our faithful nursing home ministry team is
sent out every week as servants at Milford Senior Care and Belle Reve. Some of our congregants are leading and
others are attending the faith sharing retreat The Walk to Emmaus. And our missions committee is always up to
something, praise God!
The nature of God is to be in mission with God’s
world. And in all of our ministry—worship,
Bible studies, prayer services, fellowship, mission projects and more—let us
remember to give the glory and praise to God. We are servants not on our own but by the gift of God’s grace given to
us through the working of God’s power.
~See you in Church! Pastor Juel
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