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Has reading this article given you any ideas on other ways you could invite others into community with you? If yes, what are they?
We have all experienced being invited to different functions that not always seemed appealing but after attending, we found that we benefited from the experience in more ways than one.
Trinity Lutheran Church Women
Posted by: ECOPE1@satx.rr.com
Posted: 1/5/2008 11:20:05 AM
Congregation: Trinity Lutheran
Sisay: How great it is to read that you enjoy Lutheran Woman Today and find it a good companion for your Christian journey. You (and others too) can subscribe to Lutheran Woman Today magazine by going to http://lutheranwomantoday.org/subscription/index.html. Each month a few articles (3-4) are posted on the magazine's web site, which you can read free of charge. (And a big thank you to your friend for sharing her copies of the magazine!)
Posted by: Linda Post Bushkofsky (Chicago, IL)
Posted: 6/24/2007 9:41:23 AM
Congregation: Churchwide office, Women of the ELCA
This article and the concept of "what an inviatation is" struck an important chord with me... I am 25, have recently moved, and am currently "in between" congregations. Specifically I am in between the church I was baptized and born into, and where I have been a very active member throughout my childhood, teens, and early adulthood and... well, there's the question.
Choosing a new church is serious business, and sometimes as frustrating as it is inspiring. I have been to several over the last few months, and have recently decided to take a much closer look at one I like very much.
So now what? I attend on Sundays, and I speak with the pastor and a friend who is also a member. I have been invited to a Sedar dinner, to join the choir, and to chaperone a youth outing to the theatre (all with thanks to my friend). ...but it still doesn't feel like home. It doesn't feel like my home church I still love to visit. Why is that?
The article talked about what to do when invitations are scarce: be your own (well-behaved!) party crasher. Offer your gifts, offer your time and yourself.
And when you are invited? Don't forget the RSVP line. Don't forget to accept, and to say "Yes, thank you, I will come." Maybe what I have gotten out of it all is this: Answer an invitation with another invitation. Invite them to be a part of your life. I think I'll try that... next time I am invited to an event or a breakfast or bible study, I will say --outloud or in my own head-- "Yes, thank you, I will come. Yes, I invite you and your community into the hours of my life."
That sounds pretty good. I think I'll give it a try.
Thanks for the invitation to think about it!
Posted by: Emilie (Tacoma, WA)
Posted: 6/22/2007 7:23:24 PM
Congregation: In between!
Am Ethiopian and live in west Africa.I like to say Thanks For God i have been reding the Lutheran Woman magazine since my frind grand mother send from st.JOHN my frind is a peace cour volunteer in Mauritana .
know she will finsh her two year service by next week back to the stat .How can i get the magazin ? please help me to get by God Name .
Thanks God Bless you All.
sisay
Posted by: Sisay Getnet
Posted: 6/21/2007 4:47:07 PM
Congregation: West Africa (Mauritana)
It was interesting the followup which was made to this new person in church. She was visited by members.
Posted by: dIANN bRATLIE (Grafton, ND)
Posted: 6/10/2007 7:11:08 PM
Congregation: Our Saviours
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Women and
water:
let's begin
At the 2005 Triennial
Convention, delegates took action that asked Women of the
ELCA to promote awareness on water issues and encouraged
synodical women’s organizations to make awareness of local
and regional water issues a priority.
To learn more about this important action and how you
can get involved, visit
Women of the ELCA's
Web site.
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