“The Body of Christ: We Are In This Together”
July 19, 2020 | Bart Tarman | Message and Music
Pastor Bart Tarman delivers the message “The Body of Christ: We Are In This Together”, with music from Music Director Kathleen Sieck and a message from Associate Pastor David Mosgofian Koeker.
Sermon:
Pastor Bart Tarman and Associate Pastor David Mosgofian Koeker converse about the July 19 message “The Body of Christ: We Are In This Together.”
Conversation:
References and Resources
4 Therefore, as a prisoner for the Lord, I encourage you to live as people worthy of the call you received from God.2 Conduct yourselves with all humility, gentleness, and patience. Accept each other with love, 3 and make an effort to preserve the unity of the Spirit with the peace that ties you together. 4 You are one body and one spirit, just as God also called you in one hope. 5 There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 and one God and Father of all, who is over all, through all, and in all. 7 God has given his grace to each one of us measured out by the gift that is given by Christ.
14 As a result, we aren’t supposed to be infants any longer who can be tossed and blown around by every wind that comes from teaching with deceitful scheming and the tricks people play to deliberately mislead others. 15 Instead, by speaking the truth with love, let’s grow in every way into Christ, 16 who is the head. The whole body grows from him, as it is joined and held together by all the supporting ligaments. The body makes itself grow in that it builds itself up with love as each one does its part.
- Ephesians 4:4-7, 14-16
Lyrics
Day by Day
Server, you remind us of our Savior's bowl and towel
Teacher, you are raising up a child to be kind
Lawyer, give us hope that justice one day will surround us
May God's kingdom come
On earth, His will be done
Farmer, you are working for a table full of bounty
Painter, with each color you are teaching us to see
Nurse, yours are the healing hands that touch the poor and broken
May God's kingdom come
On earth, His will be done
Lord, be close to us
Lord, have mercy on us
Lord, please put Your hand on us
Day by day
Carpenter, you frame a house for those who need protection
Laborer, you lift a heavy burden for the weak
Leaders, build a city that all children may rejoice in
May God's kingdom come
On earth, His will be done
Lord, be close to us
Lord, have mercy on us
Lord, please put Your hand on us
Day by day
Lord, be close to us
Lord, have mercy on us
Lord, please put Your hand on us
Day by day
Kindness
Christ has no body here but ours
No hands, no feet here on earth but ours
Ours the eyes through which he looks
On this world with kindness
Ours are the hands through which he works
Ours are the feet on which he moves
Ours the voices through which he speaks
To this world with kindness
Through our touch, our smile, our listening ear
Embodied in us, Jesus is living here
Let us go now, enspirited
Into this world with kindness
