Gathered & Scattered: “The Church of BOTH Congregation AND Celebration

<p>SERMON NOTES — Sunday, June 28, 2020</p> <p> GATHERED & SCATTERED: “The Church of BOTH Congregation AND Celebration” Luke 10:1-3, 17-20 NIV</p> <p> After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. 2 He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves…</p> <p>17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!”18 He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. 19 See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”</p> <p> “The Church of ____________/___________”:</p> <p> The Church of BOTH __________________ AND __________________ The Church of BOTH __________________ AND __________________ The Church of BOTH __________________ AND __________________ The Church of BOTH __________________ AND __________________</p> <p> “What needs to be the focus and foundation of our ____________________?”</p> <p> “______________ over _______________”</p> <p> “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson </p> <p>DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS Week of June 28 - July 4</p> <p> MONDAY John 8:31-36 </p> <p>TUESDAY Psalm 119:41-48</p> <p>WEDNESDAY 1 Peter 2:15-17 THURSDAY Ephesians 3:7-12</p> <p>FRIDAY Galatians 5:1,13-14 </p> <p>SATURDAY 1 Corinthians 10:23-24 </p> <p>PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK:</p> <p> Holy and Gracious God, we thank You for being with us, for us, and working in and through us BOTH when we are gathered AND when we are scattered. Help us to bear witness to your presence, In our lives and in our church, In th