Pastor's Annual Report, 2015

Putting Promises into Action

St. Paul's Annual Meeting is January 31, 2016. This report is part of this congregation's annual report of mission and ministry.

    On February 11, 2016, I will celebrate the 10th anniversary of my ordination. In those ten years I have yet to find a better way to describe what God has called us to be and to do together as a congregation than the five baptismal promises that form the basis of our response to God’s grace in Jesus Christ.
You have made public confession of your faith in the triune God. Do you intend to continue in the covenant God made with you in holy baptism:

• to live among God’s faithful people,
• to hear the word of God and share in the Lord’s supper,
• to proclaim the good news of God in Christ through word and deed,
• to serve all people, following the example of Jesus,
• and to strive for peace and justice in all the earth?

We do, and we ask God to help and guide us (ELW 237).
    A mark of our health and vitality is how well we transform these five promises, these five statements of mission and purpose, into action. This report tells part of the story of what God has done among us and through us over the course of this year.

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