Yesterday at Living Word was a bit different than usual.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Songs for the morning:<\/p>\n
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<\/a> around the country.\u00a0 This year they focused on evangelism with some hands on training.\u00a0 I must admit, when it comes to evangelism – especially on the street, everyday, talk to whoever you meet evangelism, I fall way short.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I was sure convicted!\u00a0 What a great challenge for adults for every area of life as well.\u00a0 People are watching, folks.<\/p>\n By the way, Fred McKinnon<\/a> just started something pretty cool to get people seeing what other churches around the country are singing week to week.\u00a0 This post is part of his ‘Sunday Setlists’ post.<\/a> Check it out, especially if you’re interested in some new song ideas.<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0 I’m going to be honest and raw and hope that some of our thinking might shift a little.\u00a0 See you tomorrow.<\/p>\n