FOR THE SAKE OF THE CALL
by Fred Lowery
For the Sake of the Call
Fred Lowery
The church as imperfect as it is, is still God's church. It's here to stay. And God will one day call it to himself. Now! I'm taking the next 2 or 3 sermons to talk about Deacons and the crowd tonight is kind of interesting. Because evidently didn't want to hear about Deacons. And I take risks, when I narrow something down like that, because it gives people an excuse to miss something like that. They say, well I'm not going to be a Deacon or don't really care whether or not I know about Deacons or whatever. But I'm glad you're here, because I'm doing this because I believe you need to know where I'm coming from.
My background, when I was a kid growing up in a Baptist Church, I wanted to grow up and be a Deacon. I didn't ever want to be a preacher, I just wanted to be a Deacon. I wanted to be a good Deacon. I wanted to be one who was an asset to the church and a blessing to the Pastor. A Deacon who ministered. My best friends are Deacons. Have been through the years. God has blessed me with Deacon friends literally all over America. And God still uses those men in my life. When I did what I did last Sunday night, I walked out of this place last Sunday night as I do many times and probably the loneliest man in town. Congregations have a way of just looking at you. You're not sure what they're thinking or what the response is going to be. But of course we had a tremendous response to the invitation last Sunday evening. Had a great response to Monday night on visitation. But I left lonely because, you know I think I wanted some of our men to say, "Pastor, we know you're headed to where we need to head. We're praying for you. We love you. We're standing behind you. So Monday I resign every Monday anyway. So Monday was a typical day to resign. Then I pick back up on Tuesday and I'm going to try it another week.
But I got a letter from a former Deacon over in So ...
Fred Lowery
The church as imperfect as it is, is still God's church. It's here to stay. And God will one day call it to himself. Now! I'm taking the next 2 or 3 sermons to talk about Deacons and the crowd tonight is kind of interesting. Because evidently didn't want to hear about Deacons. And I take risks, when I narrow something down like that, because it gives people an excuse to miss something like that. They say, well I'm not going to be a Deacon or don't really care whether or not I know about Deacons or whatever. But I'm glad you're here, because I'm doing this because I believe you need to know where I'm coming from.
My background, when I was a kid growing up in a Baptist Church, I wanted to grow up and be a Deacon. I didn't ever want to be a preacher, I just wanted to be a Deacon. I wanted to be a good Deacon. I wanted to be one who was an asset to the church and a blessing to the Pastor. A Deacon who ministered. My best friends are Deacons. Have been through the years. God has blessed me with Deacon friends literally all over America. And God still uses those men in my life. When I did what I did last Sunday night, I walked out of this place last Sunday night as I do many times and probably the loneliest man in town. Congregations have a way of just looking at you. You're not sure what they're thinking or what the response is going to be. But of course we had a tremendous response to the invitation last Sunday evening. Had a great response to Monday night on visitation. But I left lonely because, you know I think I wanted some of our men to say, "Pastor, we know you're headed to where we need to head. We're praying for you. We love you. We're standing behind you. So Monday I resign every Monday anyway. So Monday was a typical day to resign. Then I pick back up on Tuesday and I'm going to try it another week.
But I got a letter from a former Deacon over in So ...
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