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Did you know that
ST. NICHOLAS WAS A REAL PERSON?
CONGREGATIONAL CARE SUNDAY will focus on St. Nicholas as a historical figure and wonderful example of the ministry of love to “One-Another”.
I read an article by Scott Hubbard, Pastor and Managing Editor of
desiringGod.org about The Art of “One-Anothering” and how the Church Loves
Like Christ. Here is part of that article that I believe speaks to the significance of
CARE Sunday the ministry of CARE, and the significance of love to “One
Another” in our Church Family:
“I sometimes think I could be very holy if, after doing my morning devotions, I just stayed in my room all day long. I find that patience, for example, comes easier by myself. Peace, too. I feel a general kindness and goodwill when I’m alone. I imagine myself ready to bear others’ burdens.
But then I leave my room and begin interacting with some of those “others” face to face. And before long, I wonder where my holiness went. Patience now feels
fragile; peace goes on the retreat. My theoretical kindness finds itself unprepared
for real annoyances, and my shoulders seem too weak for real burdens. People, it
turns out, have an irritating way of poking the spiritual fruit on my table, only to
reveal just how many of those apples and pears are plastic. Around fifty times in the New Testament, Jesus and the apostles tell us to feel, say, or do something to “one another.” We are to care for one another and bear with one another, honor one another and sing to one another, do good to one another and forgive one another. And then there is the grand, overarching, most-repeated one-another, the command that “binds everything together in perfect harmony” (Colossians 3:14): “Love one another.”
The “one-anothers” do not exhaust our obligations to other Christians (many
communal imperatives do not include the phrase “one another”), but together they
offer a brilliant picture of life together under the lordship of Christ — and not only under the lordship of Christ, but also in the pattern of Christ. For, rightly grasped, the “one-anothers” are nothing less than the life of Christ at work in the people of Christ to the glory of Christ. – Scott Hubbard, Pastor and Managing Editor of desiringGod.org
So, let’s plan to join “one-another” as a church family on C.A.R.E Sunday, Dec 8, as we celebrate YOU and honor and celebrate
St. Nicholas during this special season of Advent.
Blessings,
David Richardson
Congregational CARE Team Coordinator
Cell 843-860-5124
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