Depth

We are deep into the "listening group" process at First Lutheran right now, and I'm loving every minute of it! It's so great sitting down with other folks in the FLC community and hearing what's on your hearts and minds. Because we're still in process on this, I don't want to prejudice the future groups or short circuit the conversations at all, but I do want to celebrate one thing that I keep hearing.

We have a deep well from which to draw water.

It might be easy for us or other churches to get obsessed with how we should market, package, or present ourselves to our community and call that outreach or mission or evangelism. (And I do know how important marketing is.) But then there's always the danger of becoming a beautifully wrapped empty box. Or a dry well with a big, useless pump.

First Lutheran isn't perfect, and there's a lot of mistakes we can and do make. But we have a long history and a deeply formed culture of spiritual growth and maturity. We have great resources for hearing and answering God's call. And, perhaps most importantly, we have a deep, unbreakable connection to a Living Well, from which to draw and share the water of life.