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Pentecost: A Time for Action

“Actions speak louder than words.”  That expression is often used to help people understand that what a person may do is sometimes more memorable than what a person may say.  It is a reminder that our activities indicate where our hearts are even when our words may not.  Sometimes the phrase makes people believe that words alone do not mean very much but that actions do.

Jesus Christ is the Word.  He is the Word made flesh who has made His dwelling place among us.  As the Word made flesh, He was not simply “words on a page” or nonsensical chatting among the people of Palestine.  Jesus Christ is also “Action” incarnate—a “doing word.”  His Word is action, an action of incarnation that led Him to complete identify with us in every way except for sin.  His action was one of redemption, saving us from our sin through His death on the cross.  His action was one of resurrection, rising from the dead as the first fruit of those who have fallen asleep.  His action was one of ascension, blessing His people, instructing them and ruling the cosmos as King of kings and Lord of lords.  His action will be one of returning in glory to bring His people to the Paradise He has prepared for them.

As His people who hear His Word proclaimed, as His people who are baptized into His death and resurrection, as His people who are forgiven our sin and as His people who are fed His Body and Blood at His Holy Altar, we are blessed to experience the power of His Word, the beauty of His ongoing revelation and the extravagance of His amazing grace.  We are called to be people of the Word, people who are not just about “saying words” but “doing words.”  These are no ordinary “actions” that speak louder than words; these are actions of the Word that speak the Word loudly.

These acts are no “act” or charade; they are actions…part of the ongoing action of Jesus.  When the Church is truly in the Word, truly in Christ, she does actions that speak louder than the meaningless words uttered under the guise of campaign promises or the jibber-jabber of bored bloggers.   The Church may be about true peace in the world, seeking reconciliation and righteousness for all people.  The Church’s actions are Jesus’ actions of feeding the hungry, helping the poor, clothing the needy and working for economic and social justice for all who are oppressed.   This is the ongoing activity of Jesus…the ongoing actions of the Word made flesh in the Church…the ongoing action that speaks the Word loudly for the salvation and healing of the world.

The Word speaks action…Holy actions speak the Word….The Word speaks through holy actions…The Word speaks through our actions, all by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Let this Pentecost be a time for the acts of the apostles---the acts of Jesus—to continue in the Church as we are sent into the world to be His people who work and wait in the hope of His glorious return.  As the Word dwells in us richly, let us be Spirit-filled people proclaiming the Word so that our faith-filled actions speak loudly with our words of life, compassion and hope.

Peace, joy and love,
Pastor

Worship Service
- Saturday at 7PM
- Sunday at 8AM and 11AM
- Wednesday at 7:30PM
- Healing Service once a month after each Liturgy
General News!

Deaconess Raquel A. Rojas from Orlando, Florida

DEACONESS ROJAS IS ON THE WAY TO REDEEMER AND TRINITY! 

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Deacon Matthew R. Gonzalez from New Jersey

DEACON GONZALEZ IS ON HIS WAY TO TRINITY AND REDEEMER! 

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July 11th - LEGS neighborhood clean-up at 9AM
July 11th & 12th - Installation for Deaconess Rojas (7PM, 8AM, 11AM)
July 11th & 12th - Women’s Guild Ice Cream/Snow Cones sale after each Liturgy
July 17th to 19th - Congregational Retreat to Camp Koinonia
July 25th - LEGS trip to the Wartburg

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September 26th - HEARTS dance “Remembering Our Shining Star” from 7PM to 11PM

 

 
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