LIVE THE STORY

by Pastor Karen Wight Hoogheem karenwh@lordoflife.org

Last year, Lord of Life embarked on a journey through the Bible. From Genesis to Revelation, the congregation listened to the biblical story as we prayed and worshiped together. We connected with God and one another through reflection on and conversations about the Old and New Testaments. It was a year to Hear the Story of a faithful God who promises everlasting love by becoming human in Jesus Christ, who gives his life away to transform death to life. On the cross, we see the depths of God’s love for the world.

This year, Lord of Life will Live the Story. Grounded in the biblical story, worship will focus on two key themes of discipleship: serve and give. With lessons from Jesus’ parables and Paul’s letter to the Philippians, worship will encourage us to be people who embrace values that support our call to serve as followers of Jesus. October will invite us to give generously as we focus attention on a study of Enough, a book by Adam Hamilton. As we heard in the Bible, God invites us to live generous lives, like Jesus. We serve and give because God first gave to us. As we hear in John 3, “For God so loved the world that he gave . . .”

GYou can also look forward to opportunities for Advent worship, a Christmas cantata, and family-friendly worship as we prepare to celebrate Christmas.

As a worshiping community, we will hear God’s invitation to follow Christ and respond with generous lives as disciples who follow the way of Jesus as we serve and give together.