There is a verse I quoted in my sermon yesterday from a not so familiar hymn that has stuck in my mind because of it's power. "Your Living finger never wrote that life should be an endless mote, a deathward drift from futile birth." Not exactly the kind of words you would find on a "Thought for the Day" calendar, pretty sobering words. But important words, especially if you can hear and see the promise in there. Life can be much more than that "endless mote" and "deathward drift from futile birth".
That is what we heard this past weekend as we heard Jesus' call to be a part of the unfolding Kingdom of Heaven, and the dawning of the great Light which would shine on those "who sat in the region and shadow of death". Life giving, hopeful words which give meaning and purpose to life!
This coming Sunday we will hear more about what that Life that God gives looks like, as we hear the Beatitudes, which begin with: "Blessed are....", or sometimes translated "Happy are....". With these words also stuck in our minds and hearts life really is more than "an endless mote, a deathward drift from futile birth"! Come and see!
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Here are a few highlights and upcoming events around Our Savior:
If you weren't able to join us yesterday for our annual congregational meeting, here is a link to the reports. Lots of wonderful things going on at and around Our Savior.
Plus, did you know?? We made a big and important change to our constitution! Along with just making the regular ongoing updates from the ELCA, we deleted a part of our constitution re: the call of pastors. What we had was a "co-terminus" line in there, as is in many Lutheran Congregational constitutions. This means that when a senior pastor retires, dies, takes another call or resigns for whatever reason, any other pastor or called people on staff must automatically resign. I know there were reasons for that to be in so many constitutions, but after carefully considering this part of the constitution; we decided that would not serve the congregation well at all. So, that "co-terminus" line has been taken out. (Not that Pastor Jack is planning on dying, retiring or moving anytime soon!) :-)
Also, WOW! What an amazing and fun Dixieland/Swing Concert yesterday afternoon at Our Savior with the New Orleans Nighthawks! The church was packed with almost 250 folks and there were nothing but smiles and toe tapping the whole time, another amazing part of our Fine Arts Series. Many thanks to Ryan for lining this up. Coming up next will be the Wiffenpoofs from Yale on March 9 and the Lenoir-Rhyne University Concert Choir on March 16. (We will need host families for this group! Keep that in mind or contact Ryan in the church office if interested!)
For more information about all that is happening around Our Savior please visit our website at: www.oursaviorelca.com.
See you in church! Pastor Jack
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| New Orleans Nighthawks Jazz Concert |
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