Sunday Recap - A Challenge to Adults
Yesterday at Living Word was a bit different than usual. Our pastor is on a much needed vacation, so I filled in with the teaching yesterday while the other two deacons helped to lead the service. Will, Kelli and Robin did a fantastic job of leading worship, bringing back a few of my favorite hymns that I hadn’t sung for a while. Songs for the morning:
- Praise to the Lord the Almighty (hymn)
- Blessed Assurance (hymn)
- Softly and Tenderly (hymn)
- Jesus, Thank You (Sovereign Grace)
One of the best parts of the day for me was a testimony from Hans, one of our youth who had just been to what’s called FLY BootCamp (Free Lutheran Youth Boot Camp), an intense time of training and encouragement for youth from the Free Lutheran Church around the country. This year they focused on evangelism with some hands on training. I must admit, when it comes to evangelism - especially on the street, everyday, talk to whoever you meet evangelism, I fall way short. Hans challenged all of the adults in the congregation to be examples for the youth, because that’s where the youth get their inspiration and encouragement to keep going. I was sure convicted! What a great challenge for adults for every area of life as well. People are watching, folks.
By the way, Fred McKinnon just started something pretty cool to get people seeing what other churches around the country are singing week to week. This post is part of his ‘Sunday Setlists’ post. Check it out, especially if you’re interested in some new song ideas.
Tomorrow, I want to dive into a hard topic, one that I’ve been wrestling with this past weekend as some interesting things have happened with this blog - pride. I’m going to be honest and raw and hope that some of our thinking might shift a little. See you tomorrow.
