Prayer: Providing God, open our eyes to see and share where there is need. Amen
Reading: Acts 4: 32-35 (Click to read text) Stop and GROW: After reading the text, discuss/ponder the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Book of Faith questions, which are part of Camp Mount Luther's GROW Time with campers. QUESTION 1: What scares, confuses, challenges, or doesn’t make sense to me in this text? QUESTION 2: What delights me in this text or is my favorite part of the story? QUESTION 3: What stories or memories does this text stir in me? QUESTION 4: What is God up to in this text? Reflection: What do you do when the auctioneer says, “Oh, I’m not taking all of this stuff.”? Call a believer. Or a pastor. Everything Opa needed for his smaller home in a retirement community had already been moved. A U-Haul truck had already been filled with what was still dear and to be moved to our home. But the auctioneer was not going to take all that was left behind in the house as had been thought. Now what? Call a hauler to take it to the landfill? Goodness, no. As told in Acts 4: 32-35, the believers shared their possessions. Everything they owned was held in common. There was not a needy person among them. So, Andy called a believer. Actually, a pastor. Who put him in touch with Floss. Within a day, 82-year-old Floss pulled together a team of volunteers with trucks. In a matter of hours, all that could be used by someone in need was taken away. Over the past three and a half years, they have set up households and settled 68 families. With hope there would not be a needy person among them. --Ruth Gates
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