Week 5 Serving Challenge Together group: Ability
Ability Is what we are talking about this week.
Barreto Together Group
Wednesdays 6:30
Pastor Cris’ Together Group Meets
Thursday Morning at 11am
Thursday Evening Starts at 7PM at Pastor’s House
Video recording releases Friday mornings.
Together Group Video Week 5
Discussion Guide | Week 5
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[Sunday] Ability- Serving Challenge
God has invested in you, blessing you with unique abilities. He trusts you with these gifts. Let's use them to honor Him.
- God has invested in you, blessing you with unique abilities. He trusts you with these gifts. Let's use them to honor Him.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: See This weeks Together Group Study
Sunday October 13th is Day 27 in the Book!
It will Ask for an Email address. if you are not comfortable using your own, use lab@gracelutheranpsl.com
New Together Groups Materals
Releases at 11Am on Sunday
What Had happened at Grace this week.
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Milton West Coast Cleanup
Sign Up to Help Our Brothers and Sisters
Needs have changed.
Mold began to set into the homes because of Helene and then Milton.
Because of Helene the insurance companies were already on the ground with their crews.
LERT have moved efforts to Sarasoda. It is a tree removal project now.
If you would like to help, sign up by emailing Jay Wendland:
Email: jwendland@flgadistrict.org
Send this info:
Name
Phone Number
Email Address
(Old Information)
How do we help with our friends on the west coast?
Thursday I recieved a call from Jay Wedland (head of Lutheran Early Response Team).
He was asking for how we are and asking for volunteers to help in St Petersburg.The 2 churches in St. Petersburg have 75 homes with signifigant flood damage.
He was asking for volunteers to muck out homes there before the mold sets in.
He stressed that it is not pleasant work. It is hot and messy.
I asked how long would someone be expected to help.
He said no more than a week, and it can be just a couple of days.
He will take what he can get.
Wednesday would be the earliest day you would begin.
To help, sign up:
Email: jwendland@flgadistrict.org
Send this info:
Name
Phone Number
Email Address
Milton Aftermath at Grace (Photos)
We have wrestled with Milton. Let us stay together.
We contended with this storm, but we got through another one.
Please communicate with those at church to check on each other.
So here is what is in this post.
How are things at Grace Lutheran PSL
How are people doing in our Church
How to help those on the west coast
How are things at Grace?
Things are good at Grace. We had the shutters up on the original building.
The church has power (I have never seen the church without power, as Grace is on the same lines that support the emergency room in SLW).
We do have some small things.
General debris on the campus
4 of our decorative trees our down.
We have need for our trees to be uprighted and re-supported
Alzheimer’s patients return tomorrow morning.
Thanks to Maryann and Gary for Cleaning the grounds!
How are our friends doing in our church?
I (Pastor Cris and Coli) do not currently have power 10/10/24 4pm
Everything else is normal.Thursday was a scary day for us in St Lucie County. I don’t know what the final number was, but we had somehting like 20 tornandoes in the area.
I have talked and texted with a good amount of poeple.
Most are fine, some have power and others don’t.
I have talked with a few where the tornadoes did not hit them but homes in their direct neighborhoods where hit.
I know of
Frank and Trisha, Martin Co.
Megan and Tom, Rosser Blvd.
Kevin, Lakewood Park.
I know of more but these seemed to be the closest.
The first phone call I recieved Wednesday was from Joeseph and Lena.
It said they just got hit by a tornado. (north of Sams on Gatlin)
The tornado went right down the edge of their property and went down their road.
Their damage is minimal, but their water softner was damaged by a branch in the tornado. So they are without water and power.
They are staying with family in Tradition.
If you know any more stories, please let Pastor Cris know.
Here are some I have Recieved.
Hans
We did have a lot of tornado activity around us in Hope sound and south Stewart. We were under a tornado warning for four hours consecutive.
I visited three customers today, whose property is within a mile of our house and they varied from significant impact to near devastation.
How do we help with our friends on the west coast?
Thursday I recieved a call from Jay Wedland (head of Lutheran Early Response Team).
He was asking for how we are and asking for volunteers to help in St Petersburg.The 2 churches in St. Petersburg have 75 homes with signifigant flood damage.
He was asking for volunteers to muck out homes there before the mold sets in.
He stressed that it is not pleasant work. It is hot and messy.
I asked how long would someone be expected to help.
He said no more than a week, and it can be just a couple of days.
He will take what he can get.
Wednesday would be the earliest day you would begin.
To help, sign up:
Email: jwendland@flgadistrict.org
Send this info:
Name
Phone Number
Email Address
Ways to Help Hurrican Milton & Helene Damage
Congregations across Florida are cleaning up after Hurricane Helene. Many buildings and homes have been damaged or destroyed, and the needs are significant.
Ways to Help Hurrican Milton & Halene
Give to Grace and we will disperse.
Choose Disaster response on paypal drop down.
Give / Volenteer / and find out more at our District Disaster response site.
Thrivent Matches Gifts
https://www.thrivent.com/about-us/membership/disaster-response
You can make a financial contribution to help those impacted. For every $2 donated through Thrivent's online giving platform or through a Thrivent Charitable Impact and Investing® Donor Advised Fund to one of the organizations listed below, Thrivent will add $1 up to $500,000.
Volunteer for LCMS disaster
Both of these response camps have been decommissioned
Week 4 Serving Challenge Together group: Action
Action Is what we are talking about this week.
Here is Pastor’s Study
Barreto Together Group
Wednesdays 6:30
Pastor Cris’ Together Group Meets
Thursday Morning at 11am
Thursday Evening Starts at 7PM at Pastor’s House
Video recording releases Friday mornings.
Together Group Video Week 4
Discussion Guide | Week 4
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[Sunday] Action - Serving Challenge
When Jesus saw those who were like sheep without a shepherd. He had compassion on them -- but not just compassion; He also took action.
- When Jesus saw those who were like sheep without a shepherd. He had compassion on them -- but not just compassion; He also took action.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: See This weeks Together Group Study
Sunday October 6th is Day 20 in the Book!
New Together Groups Materals
Releases at 11Am on Sunday
What Had happened at Grace this week.
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New Hymn , “O Church Arise” (Getty)
Great Hymn about Service in the Kingdom of God
Here is Grace’s Recording for Sunday (coming soon)
Listen to the Original
On Octorber 6th 2024 we are singing
“O Church Arise”
© 2016 Getty Music Publishing; Worship Together Music CCLI 4611992,
1. O Church arise and put your armor on
Hear the call of Christ our Captain
For now the weak can say that they are strong
In the strength that God has given
With shield of faith and belt of Truth
We’ll stand against the devil’s lies
An army bold whose battle cry is love
Reaching out to those in darkness
2. Our call to war to love the captive soul
But to rage against the captor
And with the sword that makes the wounded whole
We will fight with faith and valor
When faced with trials on ev'ry side
We know the outcome is secure
And Christ will have the prize for which He died
An inheritance of nations
3. Come see the cross where love and mercy meet
As the Son of God is stricken
Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet
For the Conqueror has risen
And as the stone is rolled away
And Christ emerges from his grave
This victory march continues 'til the day
Every eye and heart shall see Him
4. So Spirit come put strength in every stride
Give grace for every hurdle
That we may run with faith to win the prize
Of a servant good and faithful
As saints of old still line the way
Retelling triumphs of His grace
We hear their calls and hunger for the day
When with Christ we stand in Glory
CHORUS X2
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2nd Commandment - Confirmation
Our Almighty God is the most awesome being in the universe.
The name of God deserves respect and reverence.
Theme Verse
You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God.
Exodus 20:7
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Luther’s Small Cat
You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God.
What does this mean?
We should fear and love God so that we do not curse, swear, use satanic arts, lie, or deceive by His name, but call upon it in every trouble, pray, praise, and give thanks.
Remember 1 Thing
Our Almighty God is the most awesome being in the universe.
The name of God deserves respect and reverence.
Don’t Drag God’s Name through the mud
The Name of Mufasa.
Shenzi says about the Lion King, “I just hear that name and I shudder.” When Scar appears, he doesn’t hold quite as much weight and the hyenas tell him he’s their pal, not necessarily a leader to be respected.
How do leaders gain respect?
Do you respect God?
Are we showing true respect to God if we throw God’s name around without thinking?
Without a Thought
When people use God’s name as a fill word, e.g., “God this,” “God that,” “Oh my God,” what do they really mean?
Some people say, “Oh, that doesn’t mean anything!”
That is precisely the point
How are we lowering the name of God when we use these meaningless phrases?
Discuss having respect for God’s name
Drag name of God through the mud
How do we drag God’s Name through the mud?
From this everyone can easily figure out for himself when and in what a variety of ways God's name is misused, although it is impossible to list them all. But here is a brief rundown.
First to meet the eye are the misuses of God's name in worldly business and in matters involving money, property, and prestige, whether publicly in court or in the marketplace or elsewhere, as when a person swears a false oath by God's name or backs up a falsehood with a reference to his conscience. This kind of thing is especially coninion in marriage matters when two persons become secretly engaged and later deny it under oath.
The Greatest Misuse
In Spiritual Matters, when False preachers arise and parade their lying trumpery as a word of God
It is a matter of making yourself look better buy using God’s name.
Teach the Tongue
“1st Commandment inwardly instructs the heat and teaches faith, so this commandment leads outward and directs the speech of lips and tongue into a right relationship to God.”
“Misusing God’s name is when one speaks the name of the Lord God, in whatever manner that may be, in order to support lies or any kind of wrong”
Using it properly
Using the Faith to support the faith and all that is good and beneficial
Other Key Verses
What does each verse have to do with the theme verse?
Proverbs 15:2
Matthew 5:34-37
Hosea 4:2-3
3rd Commandment - Confirmation
The Sabbath was given as a gift – a day of rest, worship and re-creation.
We are to use it to hear God’s Word, celebrate God’s goodness and be restored for the week ahead.
Theme Verse
Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy.
Exodus 20:8
Luther’s Small Cat
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not despise preaching and His Word, but hold it sacred and gladly hear and learn it.
Remember 1 Thing
The Sabbath was given as a gift – a day of rest, worship and re-creation.
We are to use it to hear God’s Word, celebrate God’s goodness and be restored for the week ahead.
Working to Death
What happens to you when you don’t get enough rest or sleep? How do you feel? Act? Look? Think?
True or false: You can live longer without food than without sleep
How is rest important for the following?:
Mental health
Physical health
Spiritual health
Wreck-Creation
What is the difference between “re-creation” and “wreck-creation?”
God took a day off after creation
Why do you suppose God commanded that people take a day to refresh, re-create and remember?
The Sabbath is meant for worship and re-creation
Why was the Sabbath Created?
Read Genesis 2:2-3
This commandment was given in a society which sometimes literally worked its slaves and animals to death
The Sabbath is a marvelous gift, intended as a day of rest, rejuvenation, recreation and remembrance to the people, their servants and foreigners in the land
How did it Evolve in O.T. Times?
Psalm 92 is titled “A Song for the Sabbath”
What can be learned from this song about proper activities for the Sabbath?
How Did Jesus Use The Sabbath?
He took care of the physical needs of his disciples and healed people (Matthew 12:1-14)
He taught and cast out evil spirits (Mark 1:21)
He went to the synagogue to preach and proclaim freedom (Luke 4:16-21)
He healed again and got in trouble with the authorities (John 9:13-16)
Why Sunday?
The early church saw every day as holy
They began to set aside Sunday as a special day to celebrate and worship in honor of the resurrection
Teach the Tongue
“Those who grossly misuse and desecrate the holy day, those for example who neglect God’s word becasue of greed or frivolity or who laze about in bars, drinking and stuffing themselves. are not the only one who violate this commandment. It is transgressed also by that other crowd who listen to God’s word as to some entertainment and come to the preaching service merely by the force of habit and leave again with as little understanding of the word at the end of the year as at the begging. ”
Using it properly
For the Sake of the body and its needs.
Observe holy days, for participation in worship, for coming together to hear and to work with the word of God and to praise God by song and prayer.
Other Key Verses
What does each verse have to do with the theme verse?
Proverbs 15:2
Matthew 5:34-37
Hosea 4:2-3
Week 3 Serving Challenge Together group: Availability
Availability Is what we are talking about this week.
Top Here is Pastors class
Baretto Together Group
Wednesdays 6:30
Pastor Cris’ Together Group Meets
Thursday Morning at 11am
Thursday Evening Starts at 7PM at Pastor’s House
Video recording releases Friday mornings.
Together Group Video Week 3
Discussion Guide | Week 3
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[Sunday] Availability- Serving Challenge
In your relationships with one another, have the same attitude as Christ Jesus, who was God but did not strive to hold onto that divine reality to give himself notoriety. Rather, He stopped and made himself available to serve.
In your relationships with one another, have the same attitude as Christ Jesus, who was God but did not strive to hold onto that divine reality to give himself notoriety. Rather, He stopped and made himself available to serve.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: See This weeks Together Group Study
Sunday September 29th is Day 13 in the Book!
New Together Groups Materals
Releases at 11Am on Sunday
What Had happened at Grace this week.
New Members Sunday 24' Say Hello.
So Proud of our New Members at Grace
We are so proud to invite our new members into Grace Lutheran PSL
Week 2 Serving Challenge Together group: Attitude
Attitude Is what we are talking about this week.
Watch Pastors Groups recording here.
Baretto Together Group
Wednesdays 6:30
Pastor Cris’ Together Group Meets
Thursday Morning at 11am
Thursday Evening Starts at 7PM at Pastor’s House
Video recording releases Friday mornings.
Together Group Video Week 2
Discussion Guide | Week 2
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[Sunday] Attitude - Serving Challenge
Our attitudes have a profound effect on our lives and relationships. A bad attitude of accusation can destroy life, but when we align our attitude with Christ, we experience the joy and peace that comes from serving with a pure heart.
Our attitudes have a profound effect on our lives and relationships. A bad attitude of accusation can destroy life, but when we align our attitude with Christ, we experience the joy and peace that comes from serving with a pure heart.
QUESTIONS FOR THE WEEK: See This weeks Together Group Study
Sunday September 22nd is Day 6 in the Book!
New Together Groups Materals
Releases at 11Am on Sunday
What Had happened at Grace this week.
Week 1 Serving Challenge Together group: Intro
Serving Is what we are talking about this week.
Watch Pastors Groups recording here.
Baretto Together Group
Wednesdays 6:30 at Baretto Home
Pastor Cris’ Together Group Meets
Thursday Morning at 11am
Thursday Evening Starts at 7PM at Pastor’s House
Video recording releases Friday mornings.
Together Group Video Week 1
Discussion Guide | Week 1
Listen to the bells being rung, God’s promise of peace, hope, and salvation breaking into the world, even in the midst of suffering.