Prayer: Dear God, as we search for lost things, may we remember to search for you. May be the same place. Amen
Reading: Amos 5: 6-7 (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: To make a long story short, when I lose something the first place I’m going to look is the church. Twice I lost my checkbook there; then my car keys. The church is God’s house where we go to formally worship Him. I’ve also come to think of it somewhere I go when I am lost and also when I have lost something. The church is more than a house. It is especially a place of God’s presence though God is everywhere. In humble, searching prayers, we find God and God finds us. I just remembered about a year ago I lost my custom made face mask decorated with music notes. Guess where I found it? Your guess was close. It was outside the church on top of a pile of raked up leaves. God is always nearby. --Alice Yeakel
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