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In Holy
Baptism our gracious heavenly Father liberates us...
At the deepest level, it is a
gracious call to action.
In the
waters of Baptism we are reborn children of God and inheritors of
eternal life.
Baptism is a call to live.
A call to BE a child of God and to respond to God's call.
By water and
the Holy Spirit we are made members of the Church which is the body
of Christ.
As we respond to God's call, we
enter a continual stream of losing and finding ourselves; it is
our vocation. We are graciously called into a community of
faith and supported there by God and one another.
By water and
the Holy Spirit we are made members of the Church which is the body
of Christ.
No matter how God calls, whether
explosively or gently, the response has to be worked out in daily
life. We are graciously called to follow Jesus in all that
we do.
As we live
with him and with his people, we grow in faith, love, and obedience
to the will of God.
God's guidance may not always be
clear and direct but it is nonetheless with us. We are
graciously called while we are simultaneously being graciously
sent. It is our call to action. Together as God's
people, through prayer, study, and reflection, we explore what
this means to us.
Our call
graciously sends us to live among God's faithful people, to hear his
Word and share in his supper, to proclaim the good news of God in
Christ through his word and deed, to serve all people following the
example of our Lord Jesus, and to strive for justice and peace in
all the earth.
Our call to action is a journey
that includes the promise that God will be with us. It can
be a long journey but we have been graciously called and
graciously sent and empowered by sharing of this journey with all
of God's people.
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