Sometimes life presents us with undeniable opportunities...
This has recently been my experience. I am a strong advocate of higher education and believe that everyone should have the chance to better themselves through academics. For this reason I am returning to OCU to finish my master's degree. Already 1/2 way in and finding it harder and harder to manage full-time work and full-time school, I've made the difficult decision to leave St. Luke's.
My time at St. Luke's as Director of Welcoming Ministries, connection coordinator, marketing guru, and all of my other unofficial capacities has truly been a wonderful experience. I will still be worshipping in LifeLight each and every Sunday morning. I will still be attending Wednesday Night Alive book series, as I feel that these are the "stuff" that life is made of. My friends, my coworkers and truly my family of faith are such an important part of my life, I would still like to invite you to "come and see." Come and see what God is doing in the life of St. Luke's.
When the weight of the world is falling down on us through, rising gas prices, rising food prices and political turmoil, what a great time to claim a church home.
If you are interested in joining the family of faith through membership, please contact Lindsey Coombes - 232-1371 or LCoombes@StLukesOKC.org
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
a path of life
"You show me the path of life.
in Your presence there is fullness of joy
in Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
Psalm 16:11
Pathways, highways and byways. This month we're exploring a new path of life. It's based on the book, "3 Simple Rules, A Wesleyan Way of Living," by Bishop Reuben Job. The August sermon series at St. Luke's kinda hits you right between the eyes. The rules are as follows:
1. Do no harm
2. Do good
3. Stay in love with God
Easy enough...or is it? After the introduction of the sermon series yesterday, Afterglow, my small group was discussing this question. This seems like it should be a no-brainer, but why is it so hard to live out? The first two seem almost overlapping or intertwining. Isn't not harming another, doing good? And by doing good, aren't we choosing to not harm another?
And what we decided is that if we can stay IN LOVE with God the other two will come naturally. "In love" with God is not merely loving God. "In love" is more intimate, more personal...
The world is bigger than we are, but if we can handle all of the situations we encounter with unending love what a different place this world would be.
in Your presence there is fullness of joy
in Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
Psalm 16:11
Pathways, highways and byways. This month we're exploring a new path of life. It's based on the book, "3 Simple Rules, A Wesleyan Way of Living," by Bishop Reuben Job. The August sermon series at St. Luke's kinda hits you right between the eyes. The rules are as follows:
1. Do no harm
2. Do good
3. Stay in love with God
Easy enough...or is it? After the introduction of the sermon series yesterday, Afterglow, my small group was discussing this question. This seems like it should be a no-brainer, but why is it so hard to live out? The first two seem almost overlapping or intertwining. Isn't not harming another, doing good? And by doing good, aren't we choosing to not harm another?
And what we decided is that if we can stay IN LOVE with God the other two will come naturally. "In love" with God is not merely loving God. "In love" is more intimate, more personal...
The world is bigger than we are, but if we can handle all of the situations we encounter with unending love what a different place this world would be.
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