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1 Corinthians 12:20-31

As a working adult, I returned to college. My least favorite assignments were team presentation projects. The group would decide by consensus the various aspects of the presentation from meeting times to communication and more. 

Often there was a person who missed every meeting and did not communicate with the team. Another team member was always late and the work was incomplete. It was if they were saying, “I have no need for 
you.” While they did not mean to make the rest of us suffer, they did.

The church is like one big class project. Each person on the team has unique gifts, which, combined with the others, makes the experience rewarding. There will be times we disagree but walking away is not the answer.  As Paul points out, we all have different gifts, and the body only functions if all the parts work together. 

Gracious Lord, you have blessed us with many gifts. Help us in using these gifts for the great good for our hurting world. Make us one body to serve you and each other.  Amen. 

Pastor Carol Seilhymer 
First Lutheran Church, Plains MT
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Thompson Falls, Montana