Christ Lutheran Church
Sunday School 9:30 am
Worship Service 10:30 am
Jeremiah 6:14—"…peace, peace, they cry, when there is no peace.”
Dear Sisters & Brothers,
Jesus was calling his followers to live in the way of peace with one another—a peace that was incompatible with war.
Today in our world we face truly uncertain times. It can be so easy to become fearful and feel overwhelmed with all of the violence and suffering we see in our world. It can also be possible to become apathetic to the human suffering in our world, out of self-preservation and/or sheer exhaustion of it all.
Today, I ask each one of you to hold every human being in our world in your prayers. Every human being is precious to God, therefore, they should also be precious to us.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer said…“Nothing that we despise in other men is inherently absent from ourselves. We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or don't do, and more in light of what they suffer.”
Pray for all Iranians, Israelis, and all people of the Middle East for the end to their suffering and finding safety and peace.
Pray for all women and men in the U.S. military in the Middle East and around the world as tensions and uncertainty rises.
Pray that they all may know that God is with them always, through all things present and all things to come.
Christ said to the women at the tomb… “Do not be afraid!”
In his Easter message, Presiding Bishop Curry says that even though we consider ourselves to be an Easter church, we must remember that we are also a Lenten church, a time when we live in uncertainty, waiting and hoping for renewal.
He reminds us that in the midst of that uncertainty, comes God’s promise of reassurance and hope…Death does not have the final word.
“Yes, we are Easter people. Even when the ground below us is shaking, we will not grow weary. We know that Jesus is our foundation. Christ is risen, and that truth strengthens us. It gives us courage to live, to hope, and to proclaim joy. Christ is risen. Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia!”
Peace be with you always, Pastor Connie Bramlett
About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.7 million members in more than 8,400 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther. Please click here for more information
