What would you
like to see at St. James Lutheran? The
Bible teaches a high view of what the Church is. We’re not merely a `religious
club’ and our building is not a club house. The Bible says that the Church is
the people who really believe in Him, and that we are Christ’s body, that we
are His priests, that He is the bridegroom and we are His beloved bride (think
of “the two becoming one” –we have communion with Jesus). One implication of
this is that we don’t do work for Jesus, as though we’re separate from
Him, rather, we join with Him in what He’s doing, on His mission of restoring
and renewing the world. Every day we are to join with Jesus and “change lives
with the love of God to the glory of God” (which is St. James Lutheran’s
mission statement).
That being so, what is God helping you to see regarding where we are doing well at changing lives with Jesus’ love, or regarding where we could be doing better?
