Anyone Can Be Salt to the Earth - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Christ, in his message
speaking to us gathered
with him on the mountain
sitting at our master’s feet

Listening intently
seeking to discern his message
how salt can remain salty
or lose its taste

Anyone can be
the salt of the earth
a light to the nations
not by royal birth

Each of us choosing
to offer true witness
how God grace changed us
healed us from within

How we are empowered
sharing Christ’s message
following his example
out into the world

All of us commissioned
to make more disciples
all of our common clay
yet the light to the world

February 7, 2011
Matthew 5:13-20 (NRSV)
(and Matthew 5:1-12, Beatitudes)
John 6:51 (Call to Worship)
Isaiah 58.6-12 (NRSV)
John 13:34-35 and Ephesians 4:4-6
(“They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love”, The Faith We Sing #2223)
Micah 6:8
(“We Are Called”, The Faith We Sing #2172)
Call to Worship (John 6:51)
Prayer of Confession
Prayer of Dedication
Worship Theme: “A Meal for All People”
and sermon, “Salty Christians”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 6, 2011
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
http://www.umcgiving.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=qwL6KkNWLrH&b=6505209&ct=9039781¬oc=1
Scout Sunday

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