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We are a Christian Community forgiven by God’s Grace, enlightened by God’s Word, chosen in Baptism, nourished at the Lord’s Table, fulfilled by God’s promise; and being a loving community of God’s people, we worship, learn, witness, and serve together.

“What does it mean to be the church and be a part of
God’s flock?” This is the question that I will be asking
and preaching about on Confirmation or Pentecost Sunday.
This month we will celebrate the Affirmation of
Baptism for seven of our young people. I will preach a
strong sermon about what it means to be strong in faith
and a part of God’s flock.
These young people are part of what is called the
“invisible” generation who look at belonging to God’s
church in a different way than past generations. Many
feel that worship attendance is not as important to one’s
faith as living ones faith privately. I have heard from
some of our younger people that worship does not feed
them Spiritually and that they feel they step back in time
when they worship. Many younger people can not relate
to current traditions of the church. Yes, these feelings
may be true, but this frame of mind is very troublesome
and can even be a threat to the Christian church. It is a
gross misunderstanding of reasons for worship.
The sermon I will be preaching is from Jude
(verses 18-25):
But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your
most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; keep
yourselves in the love of God; look forward to the
mercy of Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life…
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling,
and to make you stand without blemish in the
presence of His glory with rejoicing, to be the
only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
Jude was concerned with the problem of faith survival.
He saw the Christian church community at that time being
threatened by all kinds of dangers that could very easily
destroy the church and wipe them out. They were being
attacked from within by false prophets and gods who
were distorting the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So Jude
wrote this letter to point out to these Christians the dangers
that threatened them and he encouraged them to
grow in their faith.
We too should be concerned about our faith survival. We
are surrounded by all kinds of dangers that can keep us
from our Lord and Savior. And for that very reason, because
the dangers are so great and have been a problem
for centuries, the church developed the tradition of basic
Sunday school, confirmation instruction, and adult education
where the church tries to provide us with some of the
equipment that is necessary for faith survival. Yes,
maybe we do need to listen to the younger generation to
learn what they need from their church to be fed, but that
does not mean worship is any less important. Everything
in our faith life should rotate around worshipping and
praising the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are the church and we come together as the one body
in Christ to worship. In worship, we not only come to
praise God, we come and are fed the Word through
preaching and through the distribution of the sacraments.
We come to be spiritually fed. My point is that the
church is necessary for our very survival in this world.
And we wonder why there are so many people in our
world on a Spiritual quest….people are hungry for words
of hope and peace.
Please join us on May 31th and hear how you too can take
what you are learning regarding your faith and put it into
everyday practice…including Sunday worship.
Peace!
Anton “Tony” Scheer
Worship Schedule
8:30 am - Traditional
Worship with Holy Communion
9:30 am - Sunday School
10:15 am - The Bridge Contemporary Praise Worship
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