February 4th, 2007
The Adult Education hour today focused on the refugee family the Creator youth want to help. Youth talked about the service projects they worked on in the past. There were some plans about the future but there are still many things to be worked out.
The Hunger Awareness committee presented during the second part of the hour. David gave a quiz that is on the ELCA webite and presented a DVD on ELCA World Hunger. Also thirty or so people signed up for the Workday for Oregon Food Bank.
Rather than a sermon the youth presented a "Souper Bowl" Sunday play called Wheel of Misfortune. The play was fun with a message. So many of the congregation are committed to Christian living and defining what that means to those of us in relative affluence. Creator's outreach programs draw from the vast resource of the Christian spiritual journey and the willingness of the congregation to help. Our members continue to sincerely reinvent what they have done in the past and to find new ways to make a difference in the community and the world.
There is a vitality that comes from our collective experience and will. The difference between what Creator was like in this area a few years ago and now is tremendous. God's work through Creator and the church makes a difference we can see.
There is an intimacy of smaller churches like Creator to be treasured. There is a depth within the community and a willingness to pitch in towards the effort someone else is making.
Who are we in the eyes of God, in the eyes of one another? There is an answer to this question, these questions; each week in worship. The answers are always slightly different. This week the answer was, for me, the hands and heart willing to work.
The Adult Education hour today focused on the refugee family the Creator youth want to help. Youth talked about the service projects they worked on in the past. There were some plans about the future but there are still many things to be worked out.
The Hunger Awareness committee presented during the second part of the hour. David gave a quiz that is on the ELCA webite and presented a DVD on ELCA World Hunger. Also thirty or so people signed up for the Workday for Oregon Food Bank.
Rather than a sermon the youth presented a "Souper Bowl" Sunday play called Wheel of Misfortune. The play was fun with a message. So many of the congregation are committed to Christian living and defining what that means to those of us in relative affluence. Creator's outreach programs draw from the vast resource of the Christian spiritual journey and the willingness of the congregation to help. Our members continue to sincerely reinvent what they have done in the past and to find new ways to make a difference in the community and the world.
There is a vitality that comes from our collective experience and will. The difference between what Creator was like in this area a few years ago and now is tremendous. God's work through Creator and the church makes a difference we can see.
There is an intimacy of smaller churches like Creator to be treasured. There is a depth within the community and a willingness to pitch in towards the effort someone else is making.
Who are we in the eyes of God, in the eyes of one another? There is an answer to this question, these questions; each week in worship. The answers are always slightly different. This week the answer was, for me, the hands and heart willing to work.
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