June 28, 2026: No One Serves Alone
Luke 10: 1-11

Rev. Dr. Leslie Taylor, preaching

This coming Sunday, we will have our congregational meeting. Our church has two congregational meetings per year that are scheduled: one in January to approve the budget for the year and hear the State of the Church (our fiscal year is the calendar year, January to December). The second scheduled meeting takes place in June to elect new officers, chairpersons, and other leaders, as our Program year runs from July through June. (I ’m not sure why we do it this way, but we do!) This is not to say that we cannot have more than two, but these are the two that are always scheduled.

This week ’s scripture guides my thinking about church membership, particularly church leadership. No one serves alone. Our scripture for this week begins with, “... the Lord commissioned seventy others and sent them on ahead in pairs to every city and place he was about to go. He said to them, “The harvest is bigger than you can imagine, but there are few workers. Therefore, plead with the Lord of the harvest to send out workers for his harvest.”

Indeed, the work, “the harvest, ” of the church is vast – “bigger than you can imagine ”. We have outreach ministries and ministries we engage in together “inside ” the church, and the number of volunteers is small. This Sunday, I want to honor those who have served the church in this season. I also want to invite each of us to imagine together how we can support the mission and ministry of our church. Can you understand budgets? Do you enjoy doing yard work? Can you read scripture? What are the things you enjoy? We can use your gifts. No one serves alone!

Music this week:

• With You

• Live Loud

• Greater Grace

• Home (Phillip Phillips)

• My Peace I Leave You

• Totally Available

• Bread for the Journey