Presbyterians are awesome. I say this completely biased opinion, but I love, Love, LOVE our theology and integral to that is the community-connectional nature of our theology…We are one in Christ
We shoulder our burden together trying to connect smaller churches with bigger ones, trying to partner up those congregations that differ, trying to reach out into the community…sometimes our actions are not as effective as we like–but we base them on a solid theology.
Were I to run the campaign for One Great Hour of Sharing I would illustrate the following theological statements from 1 Cor 12
Because the Eye cannot say to the hand “I have no need of you” (Someone looking for things, Another person working with their hands)
The body is not made up of one part…but many…(I would make a body shape out of a diverse bunch of bodies)
If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be. (I’d have someone listening, and someone else smelling food)
On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable..(maybe share one of our stories of someone who was raised into ministry or service with low resources, or an illustration of the widow’s mite)
For we were all made to drink of one Spirit (water for all)
One Great Hour of Sharing: Because we need each other…
Author: katyandtheword
Pastor Katy has enjoyed ministry at New Covenant since 2010, where the church has solidified its community focus. She now works at Capital CFO plus as the Non Profit Director. All opinions expressed on this blog are her own and do not reflect those of Capital CFO plus. Prior to that she studied both Theology and Christian Formation at Princeton Theological Seminary. She also served as an Assistant Chaplain at Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and as the Christian Educational Coordinator at Bethany Presbyterian at Bloomfield, NJ.
She is an writer and is published in Enfleshed, Sermonsuite, Presbyterian's today and Outlook. She writes prayers, liturgy, poems and public theology and is pursuing her doctorate in ministry in Creative Write and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
She enjoys working within and connecting to the community, is known to laugh a lot during service, and tells as many stories as possible. Pastor Katy loves reading Science Fiction and Fantasy, theater, arts and crafts, music, playing with children and sunshine, and continues to try to be as (w)holistically Christian as possible.
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Good verbiage for those with spiritual interests/background. What would you suggest for those that don’t have that focus?
I was thinking a little bit about that….(almost makes me wonder if there should be 2 types of campaigns)……I’d love to hear people’s ideas…although all of 1 body might translate fairly well if done well