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Grace Lutheran Church

Worshipping with the Saints -- Seeing Christ in others

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

(717) 397 2748

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A Thought to Ponder

"Why Go to Church?"

A church-goer wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So I think I'm wasting my time, and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:

"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of these meals. But I do know this: They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"

When you are DOWN to nothing...God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

Grace Lutheran Church -- 517 North Queen Street, Lancaster, PA 17603 -- (717) 397 2748

	Grace Lutheran Church *Worshipping with the Saints -- Seeing Christ in others* Lancaster, Pennsylvania
(717) 397 2748 Welcome Our Mission For Every Day Map / Directions Area Map Directions Thought to Ponder Staff Worship WorshipThoughts Services Worship Music Lessons 7/20/08 Sermons ComplineInfo Calendar Grace News June 24, 2008 June 17, 2008 June 10, 2008 Concerts Ministries Christian Education Music Childcare Youth Housing Ministry Parish Nurses Advice Seniors Slovakia Tanzania Links Our/Church Members Say History Windows of Grace Library	A Thought to Ponder "Why Go to Church?" A church-goer wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So I think I'm wasting my time, and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all." This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: "I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of these meals. But I do know this: They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!" When you are DOWN to nothing...God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!
Grace Lutheran Church -- 517 North Queen Street, Lancaster, PA 17603 -- (717) 397 2748