tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099259.post112523567993081175..comments2023-08-29T07:48:03.178-04:00Comments on things Bethany wrote: Laity Sundaybethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099259.post-1128901307629078192005-10-09T19:41:00.000-04:002005-10-09T19:41:00.000-04:00Laity Sunday in the United Methodist Church is not...Laity Sunday in the United Methodist Church is not a once-a-year event and then we relegate the "laity" to the back room the rest of the year. It is a celebration and recognition that the United Methodist Church is a laity-led church. "You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light." (1 Peter 2:9) Peter is telling us that we are all in ministry (a royal priesthood). Some of us are called to be in ordained ministry but all of us - clergy and laity alike - are to be the hands and feet of God in this world. Paul tells us that the church is like a body and "...the body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts, and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body..." (1 Corinthians 12:12-13).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099259.post-1125344799464919722005-08-29T15:46:00.000-04:002005-08-29T15:46:00.000-04:00It always bugs me when churches identify a need an...It always bugs me when churches identify a need and immediately begin a search process for a suitable addition to the staff: "We don't want to be the church, so let's hire someone to do it for us!" It's all wrong.o1mnikenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990596023199445007noreply@blogger.com