Weekly Message, Monday, August 30, 2010

Captain Kirk says the opening lines to Star Trek The Original Series:
“Space – - – - the Final Frontier.
These are the voyages of the starship, Enterprise.
Its five-year mission: to explore strange, new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.”
Meanwhile, our own starship Enterprise floats around various planets and solar systems.

Yesterday’s readings all speak to the need for us to be “servants” to those less fortunate than ourselves.  In Hebrews we are told that to live the holy life “Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” (Ch. 13, vs. 16).  In the Gospel lesson from Luke, Jesus tells us once again to address the needs of the “poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind” by inviting them to a banquet. (Chapter14, vs.13).

What does a quote from Star Trek have to do with any of this?  Captain Kirk says the mission is to go forth boldly in its mission.  I believe we, as the Christian Community of Christ Lutheran Church in Georgetown, has a mission to go forth boldly and to serve those who are less fortunate than ourselves.  We already do this in many ministries but that does not mean we should not continue to seek out new opportunities to serve, even if that “boldness” means, like Captain Kirk and his crew often did, we need to step out of our comfort zone from time to time.

By

Joe Vogel