Out onto the Street - 2 - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

When we are faithful
offering true hospitality
when we are serving our neighbor
caring for each other
it is when we leave our building
getting out of our comfort
when we are sharing our witness, God’s love
alive and out on the street

Only when we share
the grace poured out
only when we are passing on the message
does the Word truly get out
Not in the pews
from the pulpit of the church
only out onto the street
let the people scream and shout

We are commissioned
not to sit in one place
to go and serve our neighbors
to the ends of the earth
God’s story to tell
the hope of all of us here
not something to save and to treasure
but to share will all mankind

October 14, 2010
Annual Church Conference
Exodus 4:1-17
Exodus 4:2
“What do you have in your hand?”
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
October 13, 2010
&
Exodus 4:1-17
Romans 12:1-8
John 13:12-17
Welcoming Service
for the Reverend Dr. David J. Abbott
http://www.neumc.org/dsite.asp?dv=3
as District Superintendent of the New England District
http://www.neumc.org/
of the New England Conference
of the United Methodist Church
&
his sermon, “What Is That In Your Hand”
&
Bishop’s Day in New Hampshire
with Bishop Peter Weaver
First United Methodist Church of Laconia/Gilford
September 11, 2010

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