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  Laity Sunday October 16, 2011: Disciples Transforming the World -- Through Gifts
 LAITY SUNDAY . . From the beginning, God entered into covenant with the human family; with Adam and Eve, Noah,
Abraham, and Sarah,
Moses, Deborah, Ruth, and Jeremiah. Through baptism, Jesus Christ calls us into the covenant and makes us
ministers of Christ’s righteousness. All Christian
ministry is Christ’s work of outreaching love. It demonstrates a common life
of gratitude and devotion,
witness and service, celebration and discipleship. All Christians are called to Christ’s
servanthood in the world, to the glory of God and for human fulfillment. The Church, as the community of the new covenant, participates in Christ’s ministry of grace. It stretches out to human needs wherever service may convey God’s love and ours. In our ministry of servanthood is this ultimate concern: that all may be renewed in the image of their Creator, and that all Christians are called
to minister
in deeds and words that heal and free. Amen.¹ . .1 432 The United Methodist
Book of Worship
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