i am an offering

Yesterday was a bittersweet day at Living Word.  We had a packed service and people we’re singing out, which was great, but the service was mixed with some very hard news.

Our Pastor and his wife our going through an incredibly difficult situation right now and I would love so much for you to lift them up in prayer.

Our service looked like this:

• Pre call to worship: Come, Christians, Join to Sing - Sovereign Grace arrangement.
• Call to Worship from Psalm 46 - reminding us of God’s constant strength in times of trouble.
• In Christ Alone - Getty/Townend
• Lord Most High - Harris/Sadler
• Scripture Readings
• Once Again - Redman
• Jesus, Thank You - Sovereign Grace Music
• This list is a part of the Fred McKinnon’s Sunday Setlists community.

We were blessed with a sermon from our sister church’s intern pastor - reminding us as we continue through the book of Romans to look at our own sin before juding others.

This will be a busy week here - and I will be back in full force (finally!).  Here’s the schedule for the week:

• Tomorrow: Some general news and announcements.  Lots of things happening in my life.
• Wednesday: Blog Action Day 2008 - we’ll be discussing poverty from a Christian perspective.
• Thursday: Updates on our process of building worship teams at Living Word.
• Friday: Not sure yet - leave a comment if you’d like to hear about or discuss anything specific.

I miss blogging and being involved in the worship community - so, here we go again!

Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.

There are so many ways to offer our worship to God.  One of them is to support those who really can’t support themselves.  On October 15th, 2008 - Blog Action Day, bloggers from across the world will be blogging about poverty.  We have an opportunity and a responsibility to join in the conversation and to speak on this important issue from a Christian perspective.  After all, James 1:27 says this:

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this:  to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

The Bible has a lot more to say about poverty.  We’ll take a look at these things and what we can do about them on October 15th.