Today’s focus is on what it truly means to be a church “Together in Mission and Mercy.” The church is not a Sunday club or just a building, but a living, breathing body—a movement of people following Jesus Christ. This community is called to be a place where burdens are shared, not hidden, and where every person’s gifts are used, not wasted. Drawing from Galatians 6 and Luke 10, the call is clear: each person is needed, and each has a unique role in God’s mission.
Bearing one another’s burdens is at the heart of Christian community. This is not about judgment, but about care—restoring those who stumble, helping those who struggle, and lifting heavy weights together. This can be practical, spiritual, or emotional: giving someone a ride, offering a listening ear, praying, or simply being present. In doing so, the law of Christ is fulfilled, and the church becomes a place of genuine love.
Everyone has something to offer. There is a challenge not to hide the gifts God has given, but to use them for the good of others. Whether it’s hospitality, remembering names, praying, or welcoming, every gift matters. The harvest is plentiful, but it takes workers—each person is called to sow good seeds with their time, words, and energy. The mission is not reserved for a select few; Jesus sends out ordinary people, just as he sent the 72 in Luke 10, to go out in faith and obedience.
Mission is not about our strength, but about saying “yes” to God’s call. Each person is uniquely made, fearfully and wonderfully, with a divine purpose that no one else can fulfill. The value of each person is not in their role, but in their identity as a child of God. This frees us to serve without fear, knowing that our names are written in heaven.
The church is a training ground for mission, a place to practice bearing burdens and loving like Jesus, so that we can go out and do the same in the world. Serving can be tiring, but the encouragement is to not give up, to keep sowing, serving, and loving. The only thing to boast in is the cross of Christ, for we serve not out of guilt or obligation, but because we are new creations with a new calling—to offer hope and new life to all. May we step up, step in, and step out, carrying burdens, using our gifts, and being sent in love.
Galatians 6:1-10 (ESV) — 1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.
2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
3 For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
4 But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.
5 For each will have to bear his own load.
6 Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches.
7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Luke 10:1-3, 17-20 (ESV) — 1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
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17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”
18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
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