The Companions of Eldad and Medad
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The Companions of Eldad and Medad
Perhaps Your New Life's Work
Bishop David needs help to carry on the vision that God has given him: to "bring church" to the many, many places God's Forgotten People live and work. Please pray about this; maybe God has a vision for you to be one who cares for these folks.
The Companions of Eldad and Medad
Pilgrims on the Way
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An Association of Servant Ministers???
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A Quasi-Monastic Religious Order???
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An Order of Deacons???
"As symbols, deacons embody two ancient concepts, angels and waiters. They are messengers and heralds of the word. They proclaim the good news of God in Christ and interpret the world to the community of faith. They oversee the sacrificial meal, wait on table, serve, and clean up. They enable the hungry to eat and the thirsty to drink, as they serve in the sacramental liturgies of the church and among God's poor in the world. Both angel and waiter appear in every deacon in every diaconal role and function in every liturgy." —Ormonde Plater
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A Step Along the Way
It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us. No statement says all that could be said. No prayer fully expresses our faith. No confession brings perfection. No pastoral visit brings wholeness. No program accomplishes the Church's mission. No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
This is what we are about. We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities. We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.
This is what we are about. We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities. We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.
—Bishop Ken Untener of Saginaw
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