Church Family,
This past Sunday, as we considered what it means to be and make disciples who love others sacrificially, we looked at the parable of the good Samaritan. The lawyer whose question prompted the parable was looking for the bounds of his responsibilities to others so he might know the point at which he can stop showing love and still justify himself. The Samaritan in the parable flips this perspective on its head. He makes himself a neighbor to the man by loving the man sacrificially rather than determining whether or not the man is to whom the Samaritan bears some duty. Church, let us be like the Samaritan. Let us not look for the bounds at which we withhold our love but instead seek every opportunity to love others as Christ has loved us.
Church Thanksgiving
As a quick reminder, our church Thanksgiving dinner is at 4:00 p.m. this upcoming Sunday. If you signed up to bring food it would be a good idea to look at the sign-up sheet to get a sense of how many people need fed.
Advent
We will begin our advent series on Sunday November 30th. We encourage you to read each passage ahead of Sunday morning (the passage can be found on the previous Sunday’s bulletin). We also encourage you to pick one of the advent books we have given out in years past and read through it each day of December, especially with your family or another church member.
Grace be with you,
Logan Murphy
Pastoral Intern