The photos from Greensburg, Kansas, or what used to be Greensburg, are eerie reminders of the 1974 system that spawned over 100 tornadoes in the Midwest and South, wiping out Xenia and doing 100 million dollars of damage to Hanover College (southern Indiana) where I was completing my junior year. Lutheran Disaster Relief (LDR), a collaborative ministry of the ELCA and the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, was on site yesterday to assess the situation and begin planning for assistance. You may make monetary relief donations through the church, and designate them for Greensburg; we will inform you when donations of food, clothing, etc. will be accepted. For more information, check out news on the ELCA website: http://www.elca.org/news/blog.
The lessons for this weekend all revolve around visions: in our first lesson, Paul receives a vision from God telling him to visit another continent to share abroad the Good New of God in Jesus; in our second lesson, John the Seer receives God's vision of a new Jerusalem – an image of what it means to live with God. And in our Gospel lesson, Jesus provides for his disciples a vision of what life will be like when he is no longer bodily with them, as the guidance and comfort of the Holy Spirit are promised, and faith in Christ will be deepened.
And . . . don’t forget . . . this Sunday, May 13, is MOTHERS’ DAY!
Thought for the week:
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. – Pablo Picasso
Let’s gather together in worship this weekend to celebrate God’s creative Spirit within each of us!
In Christ,
Gary
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