Have you ever felt "sent"?
"After this, the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself intended to go. (Luke 10:1)
As summer moves forward, and as we tend to take a more relaxed view of things-traveling and vacationing-I invite you to think about this Sunday's Gospel: Luke 10:1-11, 16-20. What is your "calling"? I know you have a job, a life's work that you studied so hard for in your life in high school and post high school. But, what is your "calling"?
What is your spiritual vocation? How do you live out your daily work in light of God's grace and peace?
It's hard. Life doesn't always appear to be filled with grace and peace. Life is hard. Just because you "follow Jesus," doesn't mean you are going to have it easy; on the contrary, following God's calling can get you into more trouble than you ever thought was possible! It can push you further into places and situations that you usually wouldn't want to go or ever thought you would be able to go!
Often, those kinds of situations in daily life can help us decipher the sense of being "sent."
When you and I are "sent," marvelous things seem to happen. When Jesus sent out the seventy, miracles took place. The seventy were amazed at what God could do through them.
Nothing has changed. Today is no different. As you are "sent," realize that nothing is impossible with God in your life. That, too, is what it means to "be sent."
I don't necessarily expect miracles every day, but I do realize in my "sentness" that just having the gift of a new day is a miracle.
Give thanks. Praise God. And, on this Fourth of July weekend celebration, thank God for the life we have with this great nation. Americans are "sent" every day. Follow the call to be sent. God will show us the way! Just remember...
God loves you and so do we.
Pastor Jim
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Products of the Month
Good Samaritan Back Pack Project
OSLC is now collecting materials for the annual "Back Pack Project." We also are collecting monetary donations in order to buy all the supplies for these back packs for children who return to school in August. Money will also be used to purchase clothes for little ones to have at school when "accidents" happen. Thank you for your support! |
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Coming Up at OSLC
Parish Nurse "Ministries in Motion"
Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., Yoga - Youth Room - please bring your own mat; Fridays, 10 a.m. - Walk/Talk - prayer, devotion, and "Chair Yoga."
WELCA Opportunity:
The SE Synod WELCA Annual Convention is being held in Atlanta on September 16-18. If interested in attending, please pick up an application on the WELCA bulletin board.
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The OSLC Prayer List
Members:
Dennis Hamm; Kasey Sorensen; Joan Blackmer; Steve Sharar; Barbara Gish; Mary King; Margaret Allown; Mary Ostermeyer; Beverly Van Camp; Pat Keffer; Otto Zinser; David and Martha Herting; Penny Van Hooser; Tom Loveday; Janet Ecklund; John Stafford; Anne Godsey; Kay Scheurer; John Paul Neas; Betty Marshall; Irene Ackley; Truman Billings; Phoebe Sand; Janice Knipp; Jennifer Stafford; Wendi Garrison; Lori Markstrom.
Family Members and Friends:
Bill Reece;Alice Sulkowski; Jason Rakel; Carey Outen; Sharon Neuhaus; Haskel Sykes; Reese Creasy; Rev. Willis Bowers; Josh Nunn; Ann Carter; Bruce and Betsy Shine; Glenn Nutter; Mark Mullinex; Brian and Jen Milliken; Linda Linden; Bonita Martin; Taylor Miller; Jim Ackley; Rosalina White; Preston Burke; Robin Barnett; Angie and Amber Frazier; Eve Hargrave, Abi Amato, Ashton Drinnon, Mark Singleton, Bob Fetterolf, Eric & Chrissy Essmann; Chris Toft; Cameron Crawford; Ben Ivey, Marsha Millhorn, Carmen Yoder, Jessica Mowell; Beth Neas; Karen Winter, Al Rudolph; Rev. Jim Simpson; Jim Aderhold; Richard Williams, Virgil Nipper; JonBradley Ratliss, Melissa Malenda's son.
Military Service - Members:
Chance Johnson (Army); Nick Harris (Air Force);
Military Service - Friends and family:
Nick Hodge (Air Force) friend of the Flints; Chase Estep (Marines) brother of Clint Estep; Matthew Sibenaller (Army) godson of Ed Wolff; David Guck (Marines) friend of the Pat Wolf; Jeremy Downes (Navy) cousin of Joni Cannon; Adam Beier (Army) nephew of Carolynn Bailey
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