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Tonight I started working on my sermon for the ministry team outing on April 18. I will be preaching to a congregation of about 12 whose numbers will be doubled by the ministry team participants. Of these 12, most are in AA, there are a few blind and a few deaf people, as well as a couple disabled. It is multi-ethnic and has a wide array of ranges. It's a UCC mission church which means that several UCC churches in the area support it with their offerings of money, time, and talents. It's really a beautiful thing.
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The lectionary for that day includes Acts 9:1-20. I preached on this passage a couple years ago, but with the help of a friend am finding a new way to look at it. However, my idea talks about seeing and hearing God in the everyday ventures of life. How am I supposed to tell these people who can't see or hear that they need to find God?
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Well, I remember that prayer works sometimes (:]) so I decide to pray before I delve into my writing/note taking process. I ask God that she would illuminate the readings so I may produce the words to speak to these people in April. I am using resources and pulling up different verses of the passages (Acts 9:1-20 and Psalm 30) to try to put something together. Fortunately, I think I've got it.
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Encouraging people to use all their senses to experience God's world the way God experiences her world. We can't have this pigeon-holed view of the world. We are converted by God, as Saul was converted to Paul, to see greater things.
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