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ONE LIFE: Sent By Jesus to Carry Each Other
What would it look like in the YMCA to fulfill the prayer of Jesus “that they all may be one”?
One way is when we care for and carry each other – especially when we’re not the same, weary, and hurting.
You’re invited to use this 7-day devotion series written by Christian YMCA leaders, a collection of meditations on the One and Only Jesus, his prayer and mission based on John 17:20-21, and about our being sent by God’s love to carry each other in this one life.
This devotion series is a labor of love, written from our experiences of praying and serving in our YMCA branches. Our desire is that you too can be encouraged through these reflections on Jesus and his prayer for us:
“My prayer is not for them alone.
I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.
May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”
Jesus in Gethsemane
Janele Nelson, Association Mission Director, YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties, WA
Nancy Abbott, Chaplain, YMCA of Greater San Antonio TX
Garth Allen, Chaplain, Silver Bay YMCA NY
Dori Gorman, Chaplain, YMCA of Middle Tennessee
Jamal Riley, Association Chaplain, YMCA of Greater Richmond VA
Tim Hallman, Director of Christian Mission, YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne IN
Serving the YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne as their Director of Christian Emphasis since 2016 to inspire, empower, and mobilize members and staff to live out our mission of putting Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
Contact me for speaking engagements, consulting, resources, and collaboration regarding ways the Christian faith can be an inspiring and inclusive dimension of diversity in your YMCA.
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