The Peace Corps of God
| Philippians 4:1-9
Special Installment: Laity Sunday
For the first time, Homiletics provides the building blocks for the observance of Laity Sunday, and begins by recalling the Peace Corps, which this year celebrates its 50th birthday.
NO POWERPOINT FOR THIS INSTALLMENT
What follows is a departure from our usual pattern in Homiletics, because it's not a sermon starter for you, the official preacher. Instead, it's a piece you can hand to a group of laypeople to assist them in providing the "sermon" during a worship service.
"Why would you want to do that"? you ask. How about as a way of symbolizing and celebrating the ministry of the laity -- the idea that while a congregation may have one or more assigned pastors, every member of the church is a minister, especially in the do-unto-others sense?
As far as we can discover, only the United Methodists have an actual special day denoted as "Laity Sunday," usually held on the third Sunday of October by those congregations that choose to observe it. But the ministry of the laity is a reality that belongs to the whole church, not just to one denomination, and we invite you to celebrate that fact with a service in your congregation.
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