Description: Pastor Enderle and Pastor Ruddat attended the same summer quarter course (in fall) from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary on discipleship. A book from Thom Rainer posits that one way to address the church membership losses that christian churches are experiencing is to revisit what does it mean to be a church member, so we review the book from a Lutheran perspective. Pastor Will Harley also joined us this week, and helped keep the conversation moving.

Passages read from the Evangelical Heritage Version.

CHAPTER FOUR – I WILL PRAY FOR MY CHURCH LEADERS

Ephesians 6:18-19

CHAPTER FIVE – I WILL LEAD MY FAMILY TO BE HEALTHY CHURCH MEMBERS

Matthew 5:43-48

Deuteronomy 4:1-10

resources we mentioned:

[WELS FAMILY DEVOTIONS ](https://wels.net/serving-you/devotions/family-devotions/)

"WELS family devotions" are devotions delivered to your email that has age appropriate discussion questions for the family. Also on an audio format.

Lutheran (not WELS) resources:

[Family Style Theology, a podcast by a mom for moms and their kids. ](https://www.1517.org/podcasts/family-style-theology)

[Hidden Streams, is a devotion and study of the Psalms. ](https://www.1517.org/podcasts/hidden-streams)

CHAPTER SIX – I WILL TREASURE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AS A GIFT

Ephesians 2:8-10

Keywords: Thom Ranier, I am a member, Member assimilation, discipleship, institutional church,family devotions,

Wednesday Dec 22, 2021

Sermon: Third Sunday in Advent - Zephaniah 3:14-17 (Bater)

Wednesday Dec 22, 2021

Audio from Youtube: https://youtu.be/sL2NKxQ_Ihw

Show Notes

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Wednesday Dec 22, 2021

Casting Nets: Does Church Membership Matter (1 of 2 - CN 144)

Wednesday Dec 22, 2021

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We introduce Pastor James Enderle to the Casting Nets Podcast. Pastor Enderle and Pastor Ruddat attended the same summer quarter course (in fall) from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary on discipleship. A book from Thom Rainer posits that one way to address the church membership losses that christian churches are experiencing is to revisit what does it mean to be a church member, so we review the book from a Lutheran perspective.

Passages read from the Evangelical Heritage Version.

CHAPTER ONE – I WILL BE A FUNCTIONING CHURCH MEMBER

1 Corinthians 12-13

CHAPTER TWO – I WILL BE A UNIFYING CHURCH MEMBER

Colossians 3:12-17

Pastor Ruddat's podcast referenced is found here: https://castingnets.fireside.fm/142

CHAPTER THREE – I WILL NOT LET MY CHURCH BE ABOUT MY PREFERENCES AND DESIRES

Philippians 2:1-16

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