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…
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