Prayer: May we keep our baptismal call ever present, Lord, and do your will and work in this world. Amen.
Reading: Matthew 4: 12-23 (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: January 1, 2001. That’s the day I started my ministry at Camp Mount Luther as director. It’s a significant date for me and I can remember the lead up to starting this job and I remember those early days of preparations for my first summer camp, setting up my office, and getting busy. In our Gospel reading this Sunday, we hear the stories of Jesus’ first days of ministry. We hear about him calling his disciples and curing sickness. It is recorded for all time what he did in those early days. As I thought about how the date 1/1/01 signifies the start of my ministry, I actually thought, “That’s not right.” I should use the date 2/18/73. That is my baptismal day and the day that I really began my ministry, not as director, but as a child of God. Because we are called through those living waters to do God’s will and work in a broken world. What ministry stories can you tell in your time as a child of God? When did it all start for you? --Chad Hershberger
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