Stay here and hold us accountable for losing our vision. Come to board meetings and stir something up. Start new ministries which will use your gifts and pull us all out of the boredom. But there is a another way today's scripture must be understood. The body of Christ is composed of all the churches in the world, and each congregation has a unique gift for the health of the whole body.
Some congregations are hands, some are feet, some are ears.
Each congregation has it's own unique role to play. This morning's scripture makes it clear that we are not called to imitate other Christians or other churches. The hand should not try to be a foot. The ear should not try to be an eye. There is something we are supposed to be doing that no other church in town can do.