Seed of the Sower, Vol. 2, Page 2

Text Box: Ordinary man, Extraordinary mission. † Our founder Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon and Saint † Feast day December 04

Text Box: Our Benedictine spirituality is an ordinary one. As we prepare to receive the Lord at Christmas, it’s important to remember and reflect on exactly what that means. Our God, the master of all worlds, not only became a person, but an ordinary person at that - a carpenter from a poor family. He

Text Box: came to us in the usual way; He ate, slept, studied, prayed, taught, ministered, lived and died, just like we are called to do, and just as we are capable of doing. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves, and he did it all in the most regular way possible. People who achieve extraordinary

Text Box: things are actually just doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. We don't seek the extraordinary experience, nor do we seek to become impressive people. We seek instead, with God’s help, to become good stewards of the ordinary: our ordinary world, our ordinary fellows, and our

Text Box: this budding family of faith. The church meets for Holy Eucharist every other Sunday in the Nelson’s home, followed by fine food and fellowship. The Nelson’s have demonstrated genuine Biblical

Text Box: hospitality in offering their home for the service of Christ and his church. Like Priscilla and Aquila they serve the Lord in serving his people. Please pray that this work of God will flourish a palm and

Text Box: We are pleased to announce that there is a new church plant operating in the Chipley, Florida area. In a move initiated by John and Donna Nelson, St. Charles Mission is providing outreach to

Text Box: North Carolina, U.S.A. Saint Andrew’s is a fine school with an excellent reputation, having trained many bishops, priests and lay people in the Anglican Communion since its inception in the

Text Box: We’re pleased to announce that Brother Paul Leeman, CCS has been accepted as a candidate for the Bachelor of Biblical Literature degree offered by Saint Andrew’s Theological College and Seminary, located in Lexington,

Text Box: 1970’s. Brother Paul currently serves as a Commissioned Lay Minister to Shepherd of the Woods Church in Yreka, California. We congratulate Brother Paul on his willingness to ‘study

to show himself approved, a workman that need not be ashamed,’ and pray that his study may be fruitful, his reflection rich and his sword arm strengthened with such immersion in the word of God.