Sunday, August 03, 2014

Team Sport – v2

Christianity is a team sport,
so the pastor said that morning from the pulpit.
Sometimes it can feel lonely, different from that
in the congregation. With gifts of poetry,
gifts of prophesy, it can anyway
outside what others see as a calling.

He spoke of the life of the Christian,
of quiet time for prayer, alone in our closet,
time for bible study, for immersing in the Word
the lessons of the living God
for each believer’s heart.

But there is the need for together time,
for time in the Spirit with fellow believers,
in group study, in conversation, in service.
In communion, in the sanctuary, the soup kitchen,
the prison, the office, the marketplace of ideas
we grow stronger as a body, one people.

We grow best, in the company of Christians,
learning together the humble service we are called to
to follow the example of the Creator,
the Savior, the Son and the Father
giving ourselves over in purpose, in service.


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edited August 3, 2014
Team Sport – v2

July 19, 2007 21:49
Team Sport
Started March 4, 2007
Philippians 3:12-4:1
Sermon “A Race Everyone Can Win”
by Rev. Peter Hey
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
3/4/07



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