The following sermon was written by the Rev. Amanda Currie and presented by Nicole Lindgren, David Ireland, Eva Anderson, and Allyssa deBruijn. Thank you to all the youth who led worship at St. Andrew’s on Sunday April 27, 2008 and shared their experience from the most recent Synod Youth weekend in Weyburn, SK.
One: Last weekend our theme for the Synod Youth Event was “Talk the Walk: Putting our Faith into Words.”
Two: As people of faith of all ages, it’s important for us to work on putting our faith into words. And it’s not easy for any of us.
Three: Presbyterians can often be pretty quiet and reserved about what we believe. We don’t want to offend anyone, so we stay quiet about our beliefs.
Four: And the result is that no one is offended by us, but no one hears anything from us about the Good News of God in Jesus Christ.
One: No one hears how much God loves us.
Two: We can show people God’s love by our actions though, can’t we? We can “walk the talk.”
Three: Yes. It’s really important that we show God’s love by our actions. But when people wonder … Read more »