Sermon: "Jesus. All." by Timothy Gillespie

Prayer: Kathryn Guhl, SN ’61 - 1st service
LaVerna Beltz, SN ’61 - 2nd service

Pastoral Welcome: Calvin Thomsen

Alumni Welcome: Marilyn Herrmann, SN ’80

Alumni Interview: Sigrid Rochte, SN ’61

Children’s Feature: Caiti McCulloch

Meditation:

 ”... Ultimately, one’s belief is not in one's own faith; within one's experiences in faith and one's decisions, one believes in someone else who is more than one's own faith. Christian identity can be understood only as an act of identification with the crucified Christ, to the extent to which one has accepted the proclamation that in him God has identified himself with the godless and those abandoned by God, to whom one belongs oneself." Jurgen Moltmann--The Crucified God, pg. 19

Scripture Reading: Colossians 1:15–23, TNIV - Marybeth Dumble, SN ’61 - 1st service
Sylvia Skantz, SN ’61 - 2nd service

INTRODUCTION TO THE SERMON 

Our identity is an interesting question. Who are we? Why do we exist? What is our message to the world? Is it different than others? Where does Jesus fit into our identity? Is He first and foremost in our identity as people of faith? Are we called into His life, His ministry, and His kingdom? And does that calling create in us a sense of who we are and what we should be doing in our lives and ministries? Do we exist in this kingdom, and do we acknowledge Jesus as its king? Is he supreme in our lives and in our families? To whom do we bow our knees and lower our heads? 

These questions speak to the heart of who we are as people of faith. It informs our soteriology, our eschatology, our missiology, and our ecclesiology. From where do we find who we are? And in that search for identity, where is the place of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? 

Today, as we end a weeklong spiritual emphasis speaking about the place Jesus has in our hearts, church, school and families; we seek to continue the discussion of what it means to believe in Jesus. May grace be with us all as we explore the depths of his mercy, the width of his love for us. 

Timothy Gillespie
Associate Pastor – Re:Live

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