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A Congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
“I am church” is much more. “I am church” about who we are. “We are church” is an all the way through identity. “I am church” is the essence of our inner being, our inner commitment. Being Church is the fruit of the essence of being deeply connected, rooted in Jesus, and filled with Jesus. “We are church” is at the heart of who we are as God’s people.
The study was on the calling of the disciples. It was on how those first disciples dropped everything to follow Christ. Pastor Bill’s purpose was to get people to start thinking about their call to Christ. So, the question he asked was: “If Jesus were to come up to you and say: “Follow me!” what would be your response?”
Fiction? Truth. Real life sightings of Jesus – “God in action”. ”God sightings”. Our expression of a desire to see God in action, our desire to know Christ. Someone found the face of Jesus in a fish stick. Another found Mary, the mother of Jesus, on a grilled cheese sandwich.
In Jesus day, a wedding was a wedding too. After the “engagement” there was a formal religious ceremony in the bride’s home. After that was all over, there was the wedding banquet (feast), generally at night, at the house of the groom. It generally lasted seven days and could take place right after the ceremony or weeks later.
About 25 years ago (from 1984 – 1995 to be exact) there was a Television Series titled “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”. The series satisfied some human curiosity, but didn’t have anything to do with the everyday lives of ordinary people. All Saints Sunday honors the lives of everyday people, God’s people.