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Elim Extra for Sunday, October 22, 2023
Pastor’s Reflection
This Sunday we will be wrapping up our mission statement study with the word “community,” looking forward to Reformation Sunday on October 29th when we will be putting it all together. As a reformed people we are called by God on mission! Speaking of reformation, this Sunday after church the new worship team will be meeting. Elim has represented itself to me as a church that is flexible about trying new things in worship. If true this is a very rare and difficult quality to have, as worship is so sacred to all of us. I suspect that our worship team may channel an attitude of “holy mischief” as we find some little tweaks to try out in our worship service. We will be very open to your feedback!
As you know we will be calling a new bishop in our Synod next year. As part of that process, we will have conversations as a Conference centered on “Who Are We” as the RMS, and “The Bishop We Seek”, at our fall gathering at Mount Tabor in Salt Lake City (175 S 700 E Salt Lake City 84106) from 9:30am to noon on Saturday October 21.
with love, Pastor Chelsea
New Book Study on “Church Becoming”
Which statement do you resonate with more:
I’m not ready for our church to change.
I want our church to change but I don’t know how.
Will you plan to attend most sessions or sporadically?
Will you attend in person or on Zoom?
Would you like help paying for the books, or figuring out how to order them from Amazon?
Thank you for participating!
Elim Extra for Sunday, October 15, 2023
Pastor’s Reflection
Thank you for a wonderful installation last weekend, and the beautiful red roses for Pastor Appreciation Day. Last week we reflected on what it means to be “equipped” for ministry, and I certainly think that all of the love we shared was great “equipment” for our call together!
This Sunday we will be talking about the next word in our mission statement, serving. Given the reality of part-time pastoring, this week I had to turn my attention away from normal tasks of ministry to participate in some special acts of service, namely advocating for childcare at the state capitol with other Lutheran pastors and leading a prayer for the suicide prevention summit in Sandy.
I know you can resonate with the reality that time and energy are finite. Sometimes we must turn our focus away from maintaining the church toward acts of service in the wider community. This reminds us of our purpose for being in ministry in the first place!
My prayer for Elim is that we can become energized by new opportunities to serve, within our capacity…. and in the process, we may be asked to let go of some things we usually do.
with love, Pastor Chelsea
Our church mission statement: Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Elim Lutheran Church seeks to be a healing, equipping and serving community of faith.