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Morning Prayer - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 10:30 am

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Evening Prayer 7 PM weekly

Reaching out to the least, the lonely, and the lost

Holy Communion Service at Friendship South

2nd and 4th Sundays, 2:30 pm

Thoughts from the Lectionary: The Second Sunday after Easter

From the Gospel Lesson: St. John 10:11-16

Vs. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

In this passage of John’s Gospel we find Jesus declaring Himself the Shepherd of God’s people. He mentions not only that He is the shepherd of the sheep but that the sheep cannot even enter the fold to find pasture without first going through “the Door” which is Himself.

He mentions that, as the Good Shepherd he protects the sheep. Unlike a hireling who doesn’t really care about them. He mentions that His close relationship with the sheep mirrors His relationship with God the Father. It is an intimate one.

We know that Christ came first to the lost sheep of Israel, and that many of that “sheepfold” believed in Him for their salvation. But He goes further here and says something that, at the time, would have been unthinkable. That the Word of God would go forth to the entire world and that “sheep” (believers) from every people, nation, and tongue would enter the sheepfold and there would be one harmonious People of God.

Christ came! Christ lived! Christ died! Christ is risen from the grave! He laid aside His glory and died for His people and lives again forever to save ALL OF THEM. Rejoice!