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See Jesus
Today I am in Mt. Dora at the Food Pantry and the place is full to overflowing! We are now helping almost 80 families per week. The volunteers here help in any way that they can. They try to find places to stay for those who are homeless and get people signed up for food stamps as well as sending them home with food for three weeks.
As I listen to the conversations this morning I am struck by the appreciation that those who are being helped have for the little bit of food that they receive. They continue to say "thank you" to everyone that they see. I had the opportunity to speak to the group of 25 volunteers as we finished this morning I told them that they have been Jesus to each person that came this morning. We are the arms and hands of Jesus, we give out the love that God has given to us in Jesus. When they see us, they see Jesus.
Why not be Jesus to the people around you today?
What Makes a Team
Holy Cross has just passed 25 years and we are positioned for reaching the community for the next 25 years. The future will look much different with the loss of Bob Ducat as the worship director. As with many companies when the leadership team is broken up there will be a possibility of a slowing in forward movement, but there is also the chance that the change can help trigger that forward motion.
Our prayer is that God is going to push us forward to reach even more people with a reworked leadership team. There have been questions about how we will proceed. I want to keep you informed on our progress. We will continue to bring excellence to our worship with some of the singers from Holy Cross and we intend to bring in a great many guest leaders until we find a good fit for us and our worship. We plan to work with a part time person for the next three months or so and after Christmas we will be ready to choose another full time Worship Director.
Through out this process we covet your prayers on this matter. We truely want the Lord's leadership in this search process. If you have positive, helpful, thoughts on this search please contact me at paul@hclm.org.
whew!
armor of God
In our Gospel reading for Sunday from John chapter 17 Jesus prays for his followers that will stay on the earth after his ascension. He asks that they be protected from an enemy, he reminds the Father God that it will be hard for them on earth because they are not of this world. They are aliens in a foreign world. The chief attack of our enemy is to convince us that this is our home. That our main goal is to make this life as comfortable as we can, cause it's all we get. That's a lie and you'll need some armor to fend it off. Or service this weekend will try to convince you of that truth.
what are you doing?
For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might;
thou Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
thou in the darkness drear, their one true light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
O may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,
fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
and win with them the victor's crown of gold.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
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