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Sermon at the 9:00 service.
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EXCELLENT ETHIOPIAN ADVENTURE
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Dear Friends:
April 16, 2012 - 10:30 PM
I return, once again, to the
subject of being a mission driven church. I first wrote on this theme in the
January issue
of The Messenger. Then, in
February, we were planning our First Lutheran Missions Festival, with guest
missionaries and the
NALC’s Missions Director coming to visit us. So I wrote again on
missions. Now, in a little over 24 hours, I will be leaving for Africa, to
take part in the International Mission and Theological Conference, in
towards the theme of “being a mission driven church.” That is neither a
surprise nor a disappointment! For the Holy Spirit
has always steered the Church, its preachers and evangelists, and
all believers, in the direction of mission.
Not only does the Holy Spirit
steer us toward mission. Jesus Christ sends
us into mission! That’s what the word
apostle means. An apostle is “one who is sent.” When Jesus revealed Himself
to the disciples after being raised from
the dead, He said, “Peace be with you.” And then He said, “As the
Father has sent me, even so I send you.” He
“apostled” them! He sent them to
proclaim forgiveness of sins and salvation to all nations in His name. And
He sends us in the same way.
Now I am being sent as part
of a delegation of NALC Lutherans, to the nation of
is sending me, according to His own words, “As the Father has sent me, even so
I send you.” But it is also you, the
congregation, who send me. At the January annual meeting, you decided to sponsor
my participation in this conference.
You are sending me “with your prayers and with your bounties” (See LBW, hymn
#381, verse 3). And on Easter
Sunday, you commissioned me for this mission trip, with prayer and laying on of
hands, just like the New
Testament missionaries in the Book of Acts.
In a sense, through your
sponsorship, prayers, and sending, you are going too. I go, not in my own name,
but in the name
of Jesus Christ, and as pastor of
Church Mekane Yesus from you when I preach there. God willing (and the internet
cooperating), I will be sending regular
dispatches back to you, so you can follow my activities on our congregation’s
website. And, God willing, I will be back home
and see you at worship the first weekend in May; when I am sure I will
have a hundred stories for you!
Sincerely in
Christ,
Pastor Carl
L. M.
Rasmussen
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