My Pastor, My Wife - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Speaking words of authority
teaching us a message from God
revealed to her to share
with us, children of God

Called to be a shepherdess
to guide us, the flock
not to accept the limits
the text a stumbling block

Changing her faith tradition
to follow her savior’s call
stepping out in faith
giving us each her all

Preaching words of power
Sometimes getting a great, “Amen!”
the congregation knowing
the pastor need not be a man

My pastor, my wife
answering, “here I am”
following where she is led
giving God her all

July 7, 2010
1 Timothy 2:11
1 Timothy 2:11-15
1 Corinthians 11:5
Acts 21:9
Romans 16:3
Galatians 3:28
&
Day 288, “Women in the Church”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read July 7, 2010
&
response to Ruth’s sermon
2 Kings 5:1-14
Psalm 30
Luke 10:16-20
Galatians 6:7-10
Psalm 36:5-10 (United Methodist Hymnal #771)
Worship Theme: “The high cost of freedom”
and sermon, “The Cost of Freedom”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
July 4, 2010
Independence Day
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

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