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Something
Beautiful!
Two church
members were going door to door. They knocked on the door of a woman who clearly
was not happy to see them. She told them in no uncertain terms that she did not
want to hear their message and then slammed the door in their To her surprise,
the door did not close. In fact, it bounced back open. She tried
again, really put her back into the job, and slammed the door again. Same
results. The door bounced back like it was made of Silly Putty. Convinced
one of these rude church members was sticking a foot in the door, she reared
back to give the door a slam that would teach them a lesson. Just
then, one of the church members said, ‘Excuse me, Madam, but before you do
that again, you might want to move your cat.’ Please be
gracious to our Serving, Giving Growing parish visitors as they call with you
this autumn - and make sure the
cat is in a safe place! We have
been called together in this church to be good news to those around us and
alongside us. Every one of us has been given gifts by God to benefit others.
‘God handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist and pastor- teacher to
train Christians in skilled servant work, working within Christ’s body the
church, faces,until we are moving rhythmically and easily with each other.’
(Ephesians 4: 11-12, The Message) The gifts from God, are for us to benefit his
church The reason this campaign is taking place is to encourage better stewardship by Christians and to enable us to witness more effectively at home and on other continents. Our
focus will be on worldwide mission, some of those who have been
serving on mission teams in recent times will be sharing their experiences as
part of our worship in the coming weeks. We
are looking forward to the times ahead, as we seek to build up a beautiful
people for Christ who witness to his love and grace. |
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