08
Dec 2017
My father heart cried when I saw the picture of little Aylan Kurdi washed up on the shores of Turkey. I wondered why it was that his and his father’s cry for a better life was not heard when he was still alive? Why is it the case that an innocent’s death is the eloquence we need, in order for our own hearts finally to respond with care? Why did we not realize before it was too late? What else are we not realizing about the direness of our human condition? As......
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08
Dec 2017
Part 2 of our Stories of Love, Hope and Healing focuses on hope. This is Rowan Conley’s story. Rowan Conley grew up in a Christian family in Colorado. Through her teen years she became extremely rebellious and turned away from her faith in God and the church. At the age of 18 she found herself pregnant and due to family expectations, she was married and raising a family by 19. She moved to Kenosha shortly after her first marriage and subsequently was divorced within a few years. After that marriage failed, Rowan’s......
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08
Dec 2017
Part 3 of our Stories of Love, Hope and Healing focuses on healing. This is Dan Cornelius’ story. When Dan Cornelius first began coming to Light of Christ, he was struggling to break free from drug addictions that had begun with prescription drugs. Consequently, his marriage had ended and his visitation rights to see his children had been suspended. Dan says he knew God was going to help him overcome his addictions, but he was waiting on God’s timing. When he came to Light of Christ, he knew it was time. “It felt like......
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08
Dec 2017
We are crossing an important milestone this year as we intentionally raise support for Father Eirik’s full-time ministry to Light of Christ. How exciting! This step is an affirmation of our mission to reach our communities with the love, hope, and healing of Jesus Christ. This past Sunday, we were encouraged by the Apostle Peter’s declaration that we are a royal priesthood. One way we express our priesthood is by offering ourselves: our spiritual gifts, resources and prayers. On the final Sunday of Epiphany, February 15th, we will ask you to pledge......
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08
Dec 2017
A good vision statement pulls people together, keeps them coordinated, helps them to be faithful stewards of who God has gifted them corporately to be, and how He has especially inspired them to minister in their time and place. Like a good sermon, it is an application of a timeless call, a helpful and encouraging interpretation of the particular way a local gathering is to carry out the universal calls to make disciples, break bread, pray, fellowship with one another, live out the teaching of the Apostles, collaborate in the miraculous power......
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14
Dec 2012
This week we’ve been drilling down in to the bullet points of our Mission statement, and today we’re taking a look at the final bullet: Our Mission— In Draft Form We are dedicated to: Revealing the Gospel of Christ Reclaiming God’s Promises Relating to God and each other Rejoicing in the Holy Spirit … in order to receive and minister Christ’s love, hope and healing as members of Light of Christ on mission in Southeast Wisconsin. Rejoicing We enjoy the liberty of the Holy Spirit, we share His power for living, and we......
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14
Nov 2012
This week we’ve been drilling down in to the bullet points of our Mission statement: Our Mission— In Draft Form We are dedicated to: Revealing the Gospel of Christ Reclaiming God’s Promises Relating to God and each other Rejoicing in the Holy Spirit … in order to receive and minister Christ’s love, hope and healing as members of Light of Christ on mission in Southeast Wisconsin. Today, let’s look a little more closely at relating: Relating We frequently and regularly gather for worship, prayer, counsel, friendship, sharing hospitality, and simply living life together......
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14
Sep 2012
Last week I shared our working draft of our Mission statement: Our Mission— In Draft Form We are dedicated to: Revealing the Gospel of Christ Reclaiming God’s Promises Relating to God and each other Rejoicing in the Holy Spirit … in order to receive and minister Christ’s love, hope and healing as members of Light of Christ on mission in Southeast Wisconsin. Today, I want to share what we mean by revealing: Revealing We faithfully live and proclaim the Gospel we have received from the Apostles in our preaching, teaching, liturgical offices......
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14
Sep 2012
Last week I shared our working draft of our Mission statement, and now we are working our way through the bullet items: Our Mission— In Draft Form We are dedicated to: Revealing the Gospel of Christ Reclaiming God’s Promises Relating to God and each other Rejoicing in the Holy Spirit … in order to receive and minister Christ’s love, hope and healing as members of Light of Christ on mission in Southeast Wisconsin. Today, I want to share what we mean by reclaiming: Reclaiming Light of Christ ministers to the Father’s returning......
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14
Feb 2012
While our vision statement is intended to describe what we look like when we are truly being who God has made us and anointed us to be, a mission statement’s purpose is to more precisely describe what we do, as we are being ourselves. As we noted in the introduction to our vision statement, there is a universal call to ministry which the Church must fulfill throughout time. However, in a particular time, through the unique anointings of a local assembly of Christ followers, that mission will be expressed in distinctive ways–which......
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