Disciple Dots (Page 3)

During Easter 2014, we began to place dots on maps to represent places where the Spirit led us to be disciples. We continue this part of our Mission Vision and invite you to join in.

Place a red dot for your home address (home base of daily mission). Place multiple blue dots for other places that the Spirit sends you during the week to accomplish God’s mission with your actions, words, work, attitudes, witness, and the presence of the Risen Christ in you! Note that there are separate state/US maps and a globe for spots outside the Columbia area.

Has God worked a disciple moment through you or someone else during the week? Please fill in a Disciple Dot Form found in the menu above and share the story of God’s work. This isn’t about what “we” are doing, but about all that our amazing God is doing! Don’t hide under a basket the light of God’s ongoing work!

Knit 3 Purl 3 – repeat …

This is the pattern for making a prayer shawl. I thought I could do it, just cast on 54 stitches and start. I read the instructions and the printed prayers for the shawl and quickly said a prayer; praying that I could remember how to knit. The counting takes all of my concentration and although…

FAITH5

My family and I started doing Faith 5 together as part of the bedtime routine.  My wife and I have two kids, 3 and 20 months.  The four of us pile on the futon in our upstairs gathering area, read a few books, and then start Faith 5.  Though we have only been doing this…

A Blessed Lunch

It had been a hectic week at work. A wonderful LS member came into my office, knowing it was hectic and offered help. At that time there was nothing that I could give her as it was all on my pc. About an hour later she reappeared at my office with a bag of lunch.…

Childlike Faith

The Holy Spirit led us to the FAITH5 Faith Talks Gathering on March 1 and we had a great group of friends, young and old, join our circle.  While one little boy needed coaching to articulate his highs and lows, there was something very powerful in his confidence and boldness to be the first one to bless…

Blessed to Be a Blessing

While driving to Beaufort to celebrate my daughter’s birthday, I drove past an elderly man carrying two heavy grocery bags. He had a visible limp and was laboring to keep moving. The Holy Spirit touched me and after driving a bit past him, I turned the car about, returned to him and offered him a…

Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone

The Spirit has recently given me the courage to step out of my comfort zone and what a blessing it has been!  Each time I visit a restaurant I now ask the waiter/waitress at the beginning of our meal if I can pray for them.  This morning I asked Marilynn if I could pray for…

The gift of music

As a member of the choir, we often are desensitized to the beauty of what the Spirit is singing through our voices due to the regiment of rehearsals. We do give thanks for the knowledge that our singing is a form of worship and a gift from God. But nothing can compare to the feeling…

Let’s All Join Hands!

Have you noticed that within our congregation, the Spirit is moving groups of people to join hands during the Lord’s Prayer. It started with a few folks who regularly sit next to each other, but what an opportunity to show the person who you don’t know sitting next to you, that we are the living…

The Spirit Works in Wonderful Ways!

After what I felt was a very moving meeting at church last week where we talked about God working through us in chance encounters with others, I went home and told my spouse that I feel like I truly understand what I’m supposed to do now as one of God’s Mission Visionaries here at Living…

A Spirit Tug

While walking our dogs on the trails in the Clemson Sandhills Research area, God guided us to a lady who was enjoying the nice weather with her four young children and the puppy they recently received for Christmas.  The spirit moved us to chat for a while with this lady and learned her husband is…