Puget Sound Luther Volunteer Corps, Oct. 30
Once again it was a privilege to meet some of the young adults serving in Lutheran Volunteer Corps (www.lutheranvolunteercorps.org) in the Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. (I was with last year's volunteers as well, see post for Nov. 2, 2005.) These young people choose to spend an entire year, following college, working as volunteers in a whole host of ministries.
For example one young lady I met does art with homeless teens at various shelters around the city of Seattle. A young man is working with Lutheran Public Policy of Washington State (www.lppow.org) lobbying on behalf of the ELCA on state wide initiatives. He also happens to be working with an intern from Luther Seminary as well. A young lady is with a newly formed group (many of whom are ELCA clergy) called Kairos (www.kairosaction.org) who, as the information on their web sight declares “were drawn together by a common concern: to explore how we might respond to the anguish we each felt regarding the direction our nation has been pursuing in recent years.” This organization just had their public launching on Nov. 1. Others I met are working with a “meals-on-wheels” program for people suffering from AIDS, and a men’s homeless shelter.
The ministry these young people are doing embodies Jesus’ words found in Matthew 25:40, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Every day they go out and meet the needs of those on the margins of society and in so doing become the hands, feet, and heart of Jesus to others.
Lord God, I give thanks for these young people and their commitment to the ministry of which you have called them. Give them and the organizations of which they work the resources and wisdom they need to fulfill their purpose. I pray for their leader, Lisa Bakke, as she cares for them. May they truly know that what they are doing does and is making a difference in this world for the better. Amen.
For example one young lady I met does art with homeless teens at various shelters around the city of Seattle. A young man is working with Lutheran Public Policy of Washington State (www.lppow.org) lobbying on behalf of the ELCA on state wide initiatives. He also happens to be working with an intern from Luther Seminary as well. A young lady is with a newly formed group (many of whom are ELCA clergy) called Kairos (www.kairosaction.org) who, as the information on their web sight declares “were drawn together by a common concern: to explore how we might respond to the anguish we each felt regarding the direction our nation has been pursuing in recent years.” This organization just had their public launching on Nov. 1. Others I met are working with a “meals-on-wheels” program for people suffering from AIDS, and a men’s homeless shelter.
The ministry these young people are doing embodies Jesus’ words found in Matthew 25:40, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” Every day they go out and meet the needs of those on the margins of society and in so doing become the hands, feet, and heart of Jesus to others.
Lord God, I give thanks for these young people and their commitment to the ministry of which you have called them. Give them and the organizations of which they work the resources and wisdom they need to fulfill their purpose. I pray for their leader, Lisa Bakke, as she cares for them. May they truly know that what they are doing does and is making a difference in this world for the better. Amen.
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