“To be an inclusive community of faith –
Offering Hope + Showing Faithfulness + Sharing Joy.”
This month, I’m revisiting our above Covenant vision statement in a 3-part sermon series. My hope is that we will live into every aspect of it. Last week, we revisited “Offering Hope.”
This week we revisit the 2nd part of our Covenant vision: “Showing Faithfulness.” One definition of faithfulness is “long-continued and steadfast fidelity to whatever one is bound to by a pledge, duty or obligation.” Too many Christians have limit faithfulness to honoring God through worship, church attendance, and making consistent monetary gifts to the church. Occasionally, faithfulness also includes doing a good deed for someone else along the way, if it doesn’t inconvenience us too much.
At Covenant we believe those things are important; but we also believe that “showing faithfulness” means so much more relationally with each other. Our Covenant membership rite includes this: “Therefore be calm self-controlled people of prayer. Above everything make sure you have a real deep love for each other, remembering how love can cover a multitude of sin. Be hospitable to each other without secretly wishing you didn’t have to be. Serve one another with the particular gifts God has given each one of you as faithful dispensers of the magnificently varied grace of God.” (From I Peter 4)
Living into the vision of Covenant in “Showing Faithfulness” means we must have steadfast fidelity in living up to this pledge of our membership rite in being “faithful dispensers of the magnificently varied grace of God.” This means in our service to Covenant members, other Christians AND ALL OF THE HUMAN FAMILY.
Join us for worship this Sunday at Covenant. In revisiting our Covenant Vision, I’ll share how I was called upon to be a “faithful dispenser of the magnificently varied grace of God” in a very heart wrenching situation this past Monday. The sermon is “Part 2: The Vision is Offering Hope and Showing Faithfulness.” The scripture text is Psalms 85:8-13.
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