Dear Saints Of Andrew:
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Our first Independence Day in Nebraska was memorable. We drove over to Seward for some of the afternoon festivities. If you’re ever in Seward and have the occasion to visit the downtown café, let me heartily recommend the meatloaf. We were back home by the time night fell. I’m accustomed to Missouri fireworks, which tend to be concentrated in a few large public displays. Nancy and I were astonished at what we experienced last night. From higher vantage points in our neighborhood, it looked like Omaha was under attack, bombs bursting in every direction. We thought it would be neat to see this from the church, but it was downright eerie, driving the backstreets of our subdivision to get there, literally weaving our way through a gauntlet of home-style bombers. And somewhere I got the idea that fireworks are illegal in Nebraska ?
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THIS SUNDAY
July 9, 2006
8:00, 9:15 & 10:45
Bruce Davis: “DOGS”
SPECIAL GUEST IN THE 9:15 & 10:45 CHILDREN’S MOMENTS: BOOMER THE THERAPY DOG
Don’t know what a therapy dog is? You’ll find out.
Boomer will also be in the Rotunda between services to greet human friends.
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Remember, we also offer a Saturday evening worship option, 5:00, led by Rev. Michael Patzloff, through the end of July.
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We’ve got our monthly PIZZA WITH THE PASTORS coming up this Sunday. July 9. If you’ve been thinking about perhaps joining St. Andrew’s, or just want to learn more about the congregation, Nancy and I would love to have the experience of sharing a meal and conversation with you. We meet at the church, the Youth Lounge on the Lower Level, 5:00-6:30. Child care is provided. We just need to know how many are coming; you can register by replying to this e-mail or signing up at the Hospitality Table on Sunday morning.
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If you missed “Proof Through The Night,” you can check it out on the web site, www.standrewsomaha.net Of course, you won’t get the sublime experience of the Johnny Horton Singers, but we do what we can. *
PASTOR CHARLOTTE asks: Prayers for Tom D., 18 years old, slowly recovering from a heart attack. Prayers for healing for Karli P. (infant daughter of Kathy Plato). Prayers for Mary B., preparing for surgery on July 11th. Prayers for Isaac, who is very ill with meningitis (Bill P.'s nephew). Prayers of sympathy for Brooklyn, in the recent passing of her mother, Jani Ann Donnell (friend of Chris L.). Prayers of sympathy for the family of John Digney, in his recent passing (his daughter, Sue, is a friend of Karen B.).
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Please keep Dan T.’s mother in your prayers. She has suffered a bad fall. Also, we rejoice with Joyce & Lyle C. at the birth of a grandson, born in Clearwater, Florida, the first day of July.
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Ezekiel 2:1-5
The Lord said to me: O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you. And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me. He said to me, Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day. The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD." Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.
COMMENTARY: The Old Testament prophets are clear and unambiguous: Theirs is a nation under God. Such language would have been more than a slogan to Ezekiel, certainly NOT interchangeable with “with my country, right or wrong.” It meant his nation was under the judgment of God, accountable to God. Open the scriptures. Read for yourself what the Lord GOD says about justice, righteousness, obedience. Ezekiel would surely invite us to ask how our nation measures up.
BRD
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