Building a Life of Service

Have you ever wondered why we call our gathering each Sunday a worship "service"? Do you think of it as a time to give services or receive services? Appropriately, the Greek word leitourgia, from which we get our English word "liturgy" (generally referring to the order or form of worship) means "the work of the people," so there must be some connection between work, worship, and ministry in the world.

This Sunday, October 21, we will celebrate Laity Sunday on the theme of "Building a Life of Service," part of our "Building a Life Together" stewardship (and discipleship) campaign this month. While we won't attempt to answer every question, I hope you will join us for an exploration of what it means to worship God and follow Christ by serving each other and those around us. Pastor Betty will be back with us, but the laypeople are in charge this week!

In case anyone's checking in here who may have missed the email announcement, please keep Ginger Thomas and her family in your prayers on the death of her grandmother, Harrietta Griffith. Harrietta was a member of Highlands UMC as a young adult and returned in recent years with Ginger. Services will be at Olinger Crown Hill (29th and Wadsworth) tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., with a reception at the church afterwards.