We Are One

This week, HD is finishing up our series on the 12 Disciples with the Holy Spirit. When I think of the Holy Spirit, I think 1 Corinthians 12.

"Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines...

Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other." (7-11, 14-25 NIV)

God has given each of us special gifts and talents. As an HD team, we are all able to use the talents God has given us to reach children for Jesus in different ways.

There can be times in our lives when we may feel the responsibilities given to us are of lesser value than another's. I don't think any of us could describe how much we appreciate everything our HD volunteers do for us more than this passage does. It is so true that, even as a Children's Team, we all bring the talents and gifts we have to serve our students effectively. You are all amazing at what you do and couldn't do it without any of you :)

Announcements:

• 12 Disciples courtyard event will be next weekend in celebrating our Unusual Suspects and Just Like Me series. Bring your cameras to snap some pics :)
• 12 STAMPS - We will be giving 1 stamp on stamp books for every Disciple that the children can remember, for a possible total of 12, in addition to their weekly stamps.
• Got any plans Friday night? We hope your only plans are to be here! This Friday night is Radiant's Got Talent at 7pm. We can't wait to see you there!
  http://www.radiantchurch.com/talent/default.asp

• CHRISTMAS PLAY : Practice is this Saturday night during the Fusion/Jelevate service at 5:30. There will also be a Wednesday night practice on Sept 30th from 6:30-7:30.

• Check out Family Life's devotional called IMPRINT. If you are on Facebook, check out the new Radiant Family Life Fanpage!
  http://www.facebook.com/pages/IMPRINT-Radiant-Church-Family-Life-Devotionals/142851625338?ref=ts