To Serve
Our Neighbors In Mission
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Ask Yourself: |
Can You: |
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What do I like to do? |
Accept others the way they are? |
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What am I really good at? |
Be a friend? |
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What am I passionate about? |
Be real? |
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What is needed in my community? |
Help children know and love Jesus? |
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How does my faith live and breathe every day? |
Offer hope in a the daily minutes of life? |
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Partner with others? |
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Offer help and hope in crisis? |
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Serve? |
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Accept doubt in others? |
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Share your faith at holidays? |
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Leave room for wonder? |
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Keep trying even when it seems hopeless? |
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Trust God with the results of your efforts? |
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Leave a legacy of light? |
Serving our neighbors in mission is not mystical. As a matter of fact, you’re probably already doing it without having named it as such. We’ve been called - all of us - to spread God's word and bring people into His community - whether here in Lake Elmo or thousands of miles away in Tanzania, Africa, or anywhere in between. Take a look at the “Ask Yourself” list above. Answer the questions. Learn about the gifts you’ve been given. Then take a look at the “Can You” list above. Maybe you’re already serving in mission. Maybe your gifts can be expanded into new ways of serving our neighbors in mission. Maybe……. Interested in additional reading? Try “I Can Evangelism” by Elisa Morgan or “Radical Welcome” by Stephanie Spellers Or check out this website for further inspiration: www.elca.org/Growing-In-Faith/Ministry/Young-Adult-Ministry/Imagine-Yourself.aspx
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