Scripture: Matthew 10:40-42 In June of 2005, U.S. Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell & SEAL Team 10 were assigned to a mission to kill or capture Ahmad Shah, a high-ranking Taliban leader responsible for killings in eastern Afghanistan & the Hindu-Kush mountains. Local shepherds stumbled upon the team & ended up betraying the SEALS to local Taliban militia, & a horrific gun-battle ensued. Marcus was the only SEAL survivor. Gravely wounded, he managed to walk & crawl 7 miles to evade

Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-6 “Yeah, right!” You know what that phrase is, don’t you? It is our way of responding to something we hear that we really do not believe. It is sarcasm to dismiss something that sounds too good to be true. It is how we make it known that we do not have one bit of faith that what was promised will be delivered. “Yeah right” is something we say to laugh in the face of chronic over-promisers & under-deliverers, a coping mechanism when we are

Scripture - Matthew 28:16-20 Todd, Jean, Gerald & I hear it occasionally: “The church is too much like a business.” We are a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization So, we have certain reporting rules to follow We are also a spiritually oriented organization We are like a business Like a business, we have a mission statement One comes from the Book of Discipline: “To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world” One was defined specifically for Shiloh UMC: “T