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Pentecost Season 2024: The Need for Followership

“We need better leadership!” Have you ever said that? Perhaps you were frustrated with the direction being taken by some elected official or by management at your workplace or by the coach of your favorite team. You were frustrated because you know that no matter how many resources an organization has, it will flounder if leaders do not lead well: providing direction, training, motivation, coordination, encouragement, and even grace. Leadership is extremely important. And so, there are times we lament, “We need better leadership!”

Jesus Christ is the leader of our congregation, our home, our lives. And his leadership is perfect in every way. Therefore, when things are amiss in any of those arenas, what is needed is not better leadership, but better followership. In this series, we ask Christ to empower us with his Spirit so that we might better follow his lead. May we better reflect the beauty of his life, better make his priorities our own, and better serve our God and neighbor.

Our worship follows this path:

• Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Followers of Christ Obey His Law from the Heart

• Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Followers of Christ See the True Purpose of His Power

• Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost - Followers of Christ Are Armed for Battle

• Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Followers of Christ Are Humble Servants

• Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost* - Followers of Christ Have Powerful Allies

• Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost - Followers of Christ Know How to Love Their Families

• Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost - Followers of Christ Maintain Proper Priorities

• Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost - Followers of Christ Make Selfless Sacrifices

FORWARD
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FORWARD is our commitment to celebrating a century of God’s grace, investing in generations to come, and connecting the people of our community, all with the strength that Christ provides.