OUTREACH

 

Whether we know it or not, all of us are witnesses to our faith in God, and we want that witness to be positive, open and friendly.

We should make sure we're ready for 'company' and that we treat our visitors that way.

 

Your personal outreach ministry this month is to “Change Your Hearing” and be happy and joyful (no pun intended) when it’s noisy in worship. Why, you ask? It means we have Unchurched Guests, who don’t know the unwritten rule that we attempt to keep our children and ourselves quiet so everyone can enjoy and participate in the worship service. Instead of feeling put upon because you can’t hear the service, be sure to quickly thank God when we have lots of noise -- it means we have new people who may be hearing the Gospel of Jesus, the Christ, for the first time, and who will feel at home with us. After all, we want as many people as possible to have the relationship with God that we have, and they’re not likely to hear about God out there in the business and recreation places. Pastor and the Readers use microphones that can be turned up from the sound booth as needed and/or we can always sit closer to the front.

REACHING OUT TO OTHERS! 
Your personal outreach mission for March is to invite others to church! Did you know that eighty to eighty-five percent of people attending worship say they were there because someone invited them. To make this easier, we will have colorful invitation cards in the church bulletins on  Sunday March 9th. 
In addition we will also be mailing out invitation postcards to the 150+ families that we have delivered welcome baskets to in the last year and to others who have visited our church. If you have neighbors, friends, family or co-workers that you would like an invitation mailed to, call the church office and give us their name and address. 


There is a story that some European Lutheran Christians got out of the habit of inviting others during the 1800s, when they settled in the Plains. While they learned to speak English, they continued to have their worship services in their mother tongue. This made it difficult for German-Americans to invite Swedish-Americans, Norwegian-Americans or Danish-Americans to their worship services. After a couple of generations, even after some of the services were held in English, we no longer invited others unless they were family; it “just wasn’t Lutheran” Let’s stretch out and share the good news. Joy Risher 
Board of Outreach - March 2008

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