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        March 14th A.D. 2012 
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Five Practices of Fruitful Living -- Session 4 -- Risk Taking Mission and Service

Risk-Taking Mission & Service

 

The Congregational Practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service

Mission and Service refers to the projects, efforts, and work people do to make a positive difference in the lives of others for the purposes of Christ, whether or not they will ever become part of the community of faith.  Risk-taking pushes us out of our comfort zone, stretching us beyond service to people we already know, exposing us to people, situations, and needs that we would never ordinarily encounter apart from our deliberate intention to serve Christ.   Congregations who practice Risk-taking Mission and Service offer endless opportunities for people to make a difference in lives of others through service projects, volunteer opportunities, and mission initiatives.

  

The Personal Practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service

The personal practice of Risk-Taking Mission and Service involves offering ourselves in purposeful service to others in need, making a positive difference even at significant personal cost and inconvenience to our own lives. We offer ourselves, our gifts and abilities and passions, to God so God can use us to transform the world by relieving suffering.   We serve.

  

What word would you use to describe RLC's mission and service?  Here's how our congregation assessed itself in our recent survey.  Out of 80 responses received...

 
mission survey

 

 

Let's talk about all that on - Sunday March 18th -  at the Adult Forum.  We'll also hear from Sara Drebes from the Dominican Republic via Skype (if she has electrical power).  Bring your ideas on risk-taking. 

 

Intro from Sara...

 

Sara in DR with third gradersGreetings from the Dominican Republic!  My name is Sara Drebes and I have been living and serving in the DR since July 2010.  I teach English at Doulos Discovery School in Jarabacoa and I work part-time for an outreach ministry to high school students called Young Life.  As I approach the two year mark of my time here, I am amazed at all the Lord has done in me and through me.  It was told to me before I moved, that the Lord calls us to faraway places for ourselves as much (if not more) than for the people there.  How true and how sweet this is!  I look forward to sharing a bit of my journey with you and answering any questions you might have via Skype during Adult Forum.

 

   

  

Learn More!  Every day during Lent, we will post a new thought about fruitful living on our Twitter and Facebook sites. Weekly Website News e-mails will

Five Practices

 reinforce each weekly theme:


Week 1 - Radical Hospitality
 

Week 2 - Passionate Worship

Week 3 - Intentional Faith Development

Week 4 - Risk-taking Mission and Service

Week 5 - Extravagant Generosity

 

These thoughts come from Bishop Robert Schnase's devotional guide entitled  Forty Days of Fruitful Living

  

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http://fivepractices.org/books/

 

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Join us in prayerful discussion about how to make our lives more fruitful! 

 

"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit -- fruit that will last."           John 15:16

 

 

luther"...Faith is God's work in us, that changes us and gives new birth from God (John 1:13)... Yes, it is a living, creative, active and powerful thing, this faith. Faith cannot help doing good works constantly. It doesn't stop to ask if good works ought to be done, but before anyone asks, it already has done them and continues to do them without ceasing." 

Rev Dr Martin Luther
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