Between Sundays 9/23/10

Published: Thu, 09/23/10

September 23, 2010 www.fcclw.org

Ecclesiastical Council

This Sunday, September 26th at 4:00 PM will be the Ecclesiastical Council for Pastor Jason. The Ecclesiastical Council is the last step before he is eligible to be ordained. We, along with members of other UCC churches in the area, will gather for the purpose of voting on whether or not he should be ordained by the Florida Conference of the United Church of Christ.

Jason will give a brief summary of his sense of calling to ministry followed by the opportunity of those gathered to ask questions. Then, those gathered will vote. We hope you will be able to join us for this special time in our journey together with Pastor Jason

A Hermeneutic of Love On Sunday at church, I preached about one of our core values, "We are people of God's extravagant welcome" and then invited response from the conversation. One of the questions that was asked was regarding how we assimilate the idea of extravagant welcome with passages in the Bible that appear to exclude certain people or behaviors, in this instance specifically homosexuality. I responded with the notion that every time we approach scripture we make a choice of how we will interpret it and that we, or I, choose to interpret it in a certain way. On reflection, I realized that, while true, it was about 30% of an answer. And I want to get it up to a good 80-85% here... Read the rest here! *Progressing in Faith* This Week's Opportunities Check out the weekly calendar here.		We Belong to Christ This week in worship we engage the topic "We Belong to Christ" in our "What Matters?" series. Come ready to respond! How have you experienced Christ in your life? Don't Keep It a Secret! Did a friend come to mind when you were reading something in this email? Do you know someone who is looking for a community of people who are practicing loving God, loving others, and serving the world? Why don't you forward this email to them? If a friend forwarded this email to you, first of all, thank them! Then subscribe for yourself at our website. For archive of previous editions, click here.