Come, Holy Spirit

Pentecost

Sunday May 27, 2012 Sermon
Acts 2:1-21, Jn. 15:26 – 16:5-15

One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Andrew standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque.  It was covered with names and small American flags mounted on either side of it.  The seven-year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the little boy, and said quietly, "Good morning Andrew."  "Good morning Pastor," he replied, still focused on the plaque.  "Pastor, what is this?"  The pastor said, "Well son, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service."  Soberly, they just stood together, staring at the large plaque. Finally, little Andrew's voice, barely audible and trembling with fear asked, "Which service...the 9:00 or the 11:00?"

Prayer:

A couple of things about holidays…

#1.  Today we celebrate Memorial Day weekend… and not only that… it’s a church holiday or if you’re into that a Holy Day as well. Today is the church holy day of Pentecost. The difference with this holiday is that people find ways to stay away unlike Christmas or Easter when many come.

Well… if you haven’t yet noticed… I’m being a little cynical… well… maybe a lot. Memorial Day weekend, the first summer holiday… the 2^nd summer holiday is the 4^th of July, and we will celebrate the 4^th this year on two weekends because the 4^th falls on Wednesday. And the last summer holiday is Labor Day where we celebrate by not doing labor.

All of these summer holidays will be celebrated away from the church by many people. My point isn’t to make all of you sitting here this morning more righteous and those away more sinful, but to point out that many Christians are absent… and I understand… I use to be one of them… gone on the summer holidays. I looked at the summer holidays as a way to get away from it all. To get away from work, home chores, church, and mostly people. The irony of it is the people I was trying to distance myself from were all where I was. Then I thought… if I want to be away from people… why not be in church?

#2. The other thing about holidays or Holy Days like today… Pentecost

The issue is almost inevitably the same as previous years. we use the same bible stories year after year, and it becomes a what can you say that hasn’t already been said? So it’s tough trying to put a different spin on the same story only to end up in the same place as you did the year before, and before that, and before that. For the pastor it becomes a challenging endeavor.  A couple of years ago I took a vacation over Memorial weekend and went to Chicago… yes I went to church… the interesting thing about this worship experience was there was no sermon… just an experiential liturgy… I liked it. I thought I need to try this, but I have not tried it where I’ve been. Maybe next year!!

Today our bible readings reflect the coming of the Holy Spirit as we celebrate Pentecost or more commonly known as the birth of the church, at least the church as we understand it. I don’t believe the early Jesus followers would have thought of it that way. But, what about Pentecost? Pentecost is 50 days after the resurrection. In Jewish quarters, Pentecost was the celebration of the Festival of Weeks which commemorates God giving the 10 Commandments on Mt Sinai. For us in the church we celebrate Pentecost as God sending the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ friends providing the beginning of something new.

Jesus’ friends would have been reminded of Isa. 43:18… it’s my favorite bible passage… “Forget about the past, I’m going to do something new, there it is… do you see it.” Pentecost is the time when the Spirit of God takes hold of us to do something new.

For Ezekiel… the Spirit breathed on dry bones and they came alive.

For Peter… the Spirit blew upon him giving him confidence to preach Jesus Christ and some 3000 people were baptized.

For Jesus… he breathed His Spirit on his friends and promises to send an advocate to guide them.

For us… the Holy Spirit comes to us and empowers us to be creative, innovative, and to take risks for the gospel.

Lutheran theologian David Lose says, “The Spirit’s presence is as disruptive as it is comforting.” Lose continues, “This is really about death to life. Is this really what we want? I mean, while I’ve never heard anyone actually pray, “Come Holy Spirit that we might remain exactly the same as we are, that’s often how we act.”

The Holy Spirit is not about a matter of comfort or personal taste. The Holy Spirit… if were honest is about meta-noia… making change or turning back to God and in some ways this brings instability. Look at Jesus’ friends… before the Spirit; they were locked up in a room afraid to venture out. After the Spirit… preaching boldly.  After the Spirit… being stoned to death. After the Spirit… being beaten & imprisoned… this is not very comfortable and is defiantly not to secure.

The Holy Spirit is sent to change us… to encourage us… to empower us… perhaps boldly so. The Holy Spirit helps us be creative and innovative and gives us opportunities to experiment… to risk for the gospel.

The Spirit helps us be willing to poke the “IS” and to see “What Might Be” of pour lives and the life of the faith community.

This doesn’t mean we change for changes sake or that we disregard our traditions… but it does mean we need to look thru the lens of our Christian heritage and honor those elements of faith so that they can be passed along to our children.

Closing:

In 1997, Pope John Paul…. In 1997 pope John Paul took the opportunity to "put Bob Dylan right" when the two megastars headlined a gig together in Bologna. Dylan met His Holiness on stage during a Catholic youth event before playing three of his best-known songs. After the two men had shaken hands and exchanged a few words, the pope stepped up to the microphone.

"You say the answer is blowing in the wind, my friend," he observed. "So it is. But it is not the wind that blows things away, it is the wind that is the breath and life of the Holy Spirit, the voice that calls and says, 'Come!'"

Clearly enjoying the thunderous applause that greeted these words, the pope continued: "You ask me, how many roads must a man walk down before he becomes a man? I answer: One! There is only one road for man, and it is the road of Jesus Christ, who said I am the Way and the Life."

Unsurprisingly, Dylan was not seen to be taking notes for revised lyrics to his song.
Ship of Fools Magazine Online, September 29, 1997.

When was the last time something totally unexpected?

When was the last time that something totally unexpected happened during Sunday morning worship at church? How long has it been since you completely lost track of time because you were so "caught up" in the spirit of a prayer, a song, a speaker or even a vision? Is church the last place you expect to find something new, fun and exciting going on? Maybe this is the time for you to raise the roof, to do something totally unexpected, even "off-the-wall," to get people to open some Holy Spirit holes in their lives.

I leave you with this question…Do we dare pray… Come Holy Spirit?

"So... You Want to Follow Jesus

Confirmation Sunday

May 20, 2012 Sermon

Acts 1:3-10, John 17:6-19

A young man had just gotten his driving permit. He asked his father, who was a minister, if they could discuss his use of the car. I will make a deal with you, said his father. You bring your grades up, study your Bible a little, get your hair cut, and then we’ll talk.

A month later the boy came back and again asked his father if they could discuss his use of the car.

Son, I’m real proud of you. You’ve brought your grades up and you’ve studied your Bible ... but you didn’t get your hair cut!

You know, Dad, I’ve been thinking about that. Samson had long hair, Moses had long hair, Noah had long hair, and even Jesus had long hair.

Yes, son, and they all walked everywhere they went!

Prayer:

(Turn to Confirmand’s & Say…) “So… you want to follow Jesus?”

(Turn to Congregation & Say…) “So You Want to Follow Jesus?”

They all had long hair and they walked everywhere they went!!!

What is so compelling for us to want to follow Jesus? In Marks gospel, chp. 1:17… Jesus calls some fishermen, Peter & Brother Andy, and James & John and says, “Come with Me”… and immediately they went with Jesus… immediately!!!! What would cause you to do such a thing?

o    12 guys did this!!!

o    They left whatever they were doing and followed this Jesus guy.

Presbyterian pastor Craig Barnes says, “The journey of those who follow Jesus Christ begins not with our decision, but with his decision to call us. These fishermen have not weighed the pros and cons of following and decided that Jesus will help them meet their goals in life. No, Jesus has decided to call them to himself. And the call is so overwhelming, they have to follow.
Sermon at National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Contents reprinted with permission of Craig Barnes, Senior Pastor. February 25, 2001, quoted in The Presbyterian Layman, May-June 2001, 4.

Have you ever felt so strongly about something you just had to do it?

And you did it no matter what others said or the consequences it had.

In our bibles story today Jesus is doing something like this. He is within the last couple of days of his life. It is likely Thursday evening in John’s account… the evening before Jesus goes to the cross. Jesus is praying with his friends for the last time.

He’s praying for their safety and that they remain in the world, but not of the world.

He’s praying they remain connected to the Father and that the Father keeps them protected.

That the evil one stays far from them.

He prays they stay connected to the truth of God’s word and that that word stays with them

That word according to John is Jesus!

And Jesus prays that they go into the world and share the good news like he, Jesus was sent to do.

In which lies the problem for Jesus’ friends and for us as well. We and Jesus’ friends like the parts of Jesus’ prayer of protection and safety. Prayers of connection and being in the world, and for keeping the evil one at bay, and the prayer of being in the word of truth to some extent as long as it doesn’t crimp our style too much. But the biggest problem for Jesus’ friends and for us is going into the world and sharing the good news. Wait a minute… do you realize a rendering of this passage is found in our baptismal witness and in the affirmation rite we’’ do shortly. It says, “You have called them/us to yourself, enlighten them/us with your gift of the Holy Spirit and nourish them/us in the community of faith.” The nourishment of the Holy Spirit is one of being prepared to be sent out into the world… to follow Jesus. With the Holy Spirit we can confidently go because as Jonathon says in his faith statement, “I believe Jesus is always by my side.” Rachel says, As a child of God, God is always watching out for me and caring for me.”

These two statements tell me that we should not be afraid to follow Jesus into the world because is with us. That following Jesus should not be a problem… in fact; our response should be “Immediate” like Jesus’ friends did. Yet… the world beckons us… hence Jesus’ prayers.

Another concern for us in this story is that Jesus’ prayer doesn’t alleviate the problems we will face. I was visiting a older person not long ago where they made the statement, “I’ve been faithful for all these years why do I have to suffer so much?” Following Jesus doesn’t mean life becomes easy or easier. The truth is, it’s likely you’ll experience more than your share of struggle. Despite that struggle, Jesus still shared the good news…. Jesus still cares and loves.

Rebekah says, “Faith is about love between people and between God and us.”

Taylor says, “God’s love will never fade…it will only grow stronger”… she also says, “God’s love is always watching out for us and we should trust in it, even through the bad parts of life.”

In a book titled “Jesus Freaks,” “ Each of us must follow Jesus for ourselves. You may never have to face the decision of whether or not to die for your faith, but every day you face the decision of whether or not you will live for it.
A quotation from the book Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood For Jesus, presented on the Web site Soul Food: A Taste of the Wisdom of the Saints, Xtremespirit.org/soul.html. Retrieved December 12, 2003.

So… if we live for Jesus and if we follow Jesus… it means we must have faith! Jesus’ good friend had the good fortune to actually know Jesus is the flesh… to have known Jesus personally… we don’t have that luxury. We need faith to believe, and where does faith begin? It begins with Baptism and with the Holy Spirit.

In Baptism claims Corey, “Is God’s way of claiming us into His family.” This is a forever claim because in Baptism, God grabs hold of us and never let’s go. (Go and grab someone’s hand) We may want to go wherever we want to go, but God is still holding on. We may wander for a period of time, but God is still holding on… remember the prodigal son story in Luke.

Faith also is a Holy Spirit thing too. The Holy Spirit empowers our faith. Nick says, “The Holy Spirit will travel with me wherever I go.” The Holy Spirit not only travels with us, but empowers us to be sent out in faith to share faith as well.

“So… You Want to Follow Jesus?” Today my young friends… you will affirm your faith in the faith of your parents that they promised at your baptism. It is but one faith step in the long journey of faith that you will take. The gift of faith is secured when you received the Holy Spirit at your baptism, but you journey of faith is just really getting started. Just because you’ve made it through this confirmation program doesn’t mean you’ve made it. This journey of faith is a life-long learning experience… it will not end until the day you die. I really like what David says about the affirmation process,

        “YES… I agree with this and I want God in my life.” I believe he gets it… he understands what this journey is all about.

This past Friday at the synod assembly, while they are usually quite boring, I usually learn something worth-while. Our ELCA presiding Bishop in a video message to the synod said, “Our lives as Lutheran Christians and as the ELCA should be a Living, Daring, Confidence in God’s Grace. This should empower us to be followers of Jesus… So… You Want to Follow Jesus?

My prayer is for you young people today and all of you sitting here, that you will continue in the life-long experience of Loving God, Loving Others, and Following Jesus in a Living, Daring, Confidence in God’s Grace.

Series: “Facing the Road Ahead” Part 4 "Look For Hope"

Sermon May 13, 2012         

Matt. 12:9-21

Prayer:

We conclude today our series, “Facing the Road Ahead.” This series is meant to engage the congregation in discerning the future of Cross Lutheran. These are the first steps of a journey of transition for Cross Lutheran and for you as participants in discovering who you are as a faith community. Sometimes these transitions can be difficult and uncertain. Nonetheless, it’s a journey you must take if you are going to rediscover who and what the mission of Cross Lutheran is and how you carry out its mission.

o    Over the past weeks we’ve reflected on Never Giving up despite the challenges.

o    We’ve reflected on Not Fearing the journey. That Jesus is walking with us, and that God will provide.

o    Last week we reflected on the importance of having a Clear Purpose.

Today… our reflection will focus on “Look for Hope.”

Lillian Daniel wrote an E-Mail Devotional I get… She writes in the weeks after the earthquake in Japan, more than 2,000 swept up on the shoreline in Miyagi. Exhausted rescue workers were shocked at the horror of so much loss of life, but on that very same day, Time magazine reported this incident:

"More accustomed to hearing the crunching of rubble and the sloshing of mud than sounds of life, they dismissed the baby's cry as a mistake. Until they heard it again, and again. They made their way to a pile of debris and carefully removed fragments of wood and slate, shattered glass and rock. And then they saw her: a 4-month-old baby girl in a pink woolen bear suit. A tidal wave literally swept the baby from her parents' arms when it hit their home on March 11. 'Her discovery has put a new energy into the search,' a civil defense official told a local news crew. 'We will listen, look and dig with even more diligence after this.'"

Human hope is an amazing thing. In the face of 2,000 dead bodies, it was the discovery of one single baby in a pink bear suit that gave energy to the exhausted, and gave the rescuers hope once again.

Hope is not logical, it makes no sense from a numbers perspective, and it's not something you can prove. But human beings seem to have been built with a divine microchip inside us, the capacity for hope in the face of suffering. Against the odds we build our case not on the devastating deaths of thousands but upon the shrieking cry for life of one baby in a pink bear suit.

We’ve all faced difficulties & uncertainties. All of us are looking for some hope in the midst of destruction. Though your difficulties may not be on the scale of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, but we still look for hope. We’re all looking for something to grab hold of for a little bit of comfort amongst the difficulties of change.

Theologian Peter Gomes says of hope…. “Hope does not deny the circumstances of the present and hope doesn’t help us get out of our difficulties. Hope does help us get through.”

In our bible story today Jesus has two encounters. Jesus encounters a man with a deformed hand and Jesus encounters Pharisees… Religious Leaders. The man with the deformed hand is seeking some solace in the Jewish Meeting… i.e. the church. The man is sitting in the back minding his own business and he’s just looking for some hope and peace. Because of his deformity… he likely is ridiculed, shunned, and shamed. Likely… the religious leaders are appalled that he’s in the church in the first place.  So… the church people see a way to trap Jesus and confront him with a question… “Is it right to heal someone on the Sabbath?” After-all there are rules about not doing anything on the Sabbath. Jesus, sensing what their really up to… responds by saying…

Jesus answered, "If you had a sheep that fell into a ditch on the Sabbath, wouldn't you lift it out? People are worth much more than sheep, and so it is right to do good on the Sabbath."

Jesus says, not only is it right to heal… it’s good to heal on Sunday… and he heals the man right in front of the religious leaders. Jesus seems to imply…. What better time to heal someone than on Sunday!! Can you imagine!!! Of course we in the church would never object to something as disruptive as this… would we! All this guy was looking for was a little bit of Hope. All he was looking for was someone to love him despite his deformity.

Reminds me of little Eric… who at the time was 4 years old and wanted to receive communion with his family. So we set up a time to have a 1^st communion class. Eric was one of 14 kids who went through the class. Half the kids received their 1^st communion on one week and the others on the following week. Eric was to receive his on the 2^nd week. Eric was over joy’d with the prospect of being able to receive communion.  After the first week it became known that there was a rule about who could receive communion. It seems a person had to be in 8^th grade as it was stated in the churches constitution. We postponed the 2^nd class… that following week after the 1^st group… Eric came up for communion with his family, instead of an ear to ear grin; he came up with his parents with eyes of sorrow and tears in his eyes. His parents knew of the decision to wait, but as we looked at each other Eric put out his cupped hands saying with sad eyes, “I want Jesus to love me too.” Eric received his 1^st communion.

In that moment Eric experienced hope. In the moment of Jesus healing the man hope was given. When we bow to church rules we lose sight of the spirit of hope. When we lose sight of what it means to share love… we’ve held back hope.

God’s promise of hope is found in Jesus… as Jesus says when he quotes Isa… “He is my chosen servant! I love him… All people will place their hope in him.” When we love… we bring hope to some one’s life.

Where do you look for hope? We’re told to look around… there is hope all around us… just open your eyes. The thing is… we’re often too busy to pay attention. This past week while preparing for this message I had a brain freeze… I didn’t say it quite like that, nonetheless, I was stuck. So what I like to do is get up and walk around and talk to people. So… I asked Deb where she looks for hope. She responded by saying, “I find hope in the sunrise of a new day.” Isn’t this great?

I remember a time when I was so disappointed and frustrated because things just didn’t seem to be going all that well. I was angry at the events going on in my life. I was angry with myself… angry with the church… angry with the congregation I was serving. I was emotionally & physically drained and in many ways felt hopeless. I don’t share this as a way to get pity, but as a way to share that pastors are human too… we are like most everyone else who struggle to find hope. At the time I was part of a small group and a person in the group who had no idea what I was going thru gave me a newspaper article titled “Feel Incapable? Looking for Hope.”

Roger Campbell says, “Einstein couldn’t speak until he was four years old and didn’t read until he was 7.

-       Beethoven’s music teacher said of him: “As a composer he’s hopeless.”

-       Thomas Edison’s teacher said he was unable to learn

-       Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor because he was thought to be without ideas.

-       Caruso was told by one music teacher: “You can’t sing. You have no voice at all.”

-       An editor said Louisa Mae Alcott, who wrote “Little Women,” would never be able to write anything that would have popular appeal.

-       Dwight L. Moody, now considered one of the most effective evangelists of all time, had but a fifth grade education and once wept before an audience, saying “God forgive a man who cannot properly speak the English language.”

The disciples of Jesus were without impressive credentials, being called ignorant and unlearned, but their contemporaries found it impossible to ignore them because their lives demonstrated they had found something others needed. Their dedication, courage and faith made them world changers (Acts 17:6).

God seems to enjoy using weak but willing people to do great things to the amazement of those who are thought to be better qualified. The following title of a book I noticed in a pastor’s library once caught my eye and lingers in my memory: “Why God Uses Nobodies.” Though I’ve never read the book, its challenging title keeps encouraging me to attempt things I might have thought too difficult for me to do.”

In our 1John reading he says, “If we truly love others and live as Christ did in this world, we won’t be worried about the day of judgment. A real love for others will take our worries away.”

Our Isaiah text tells us… “Forget what happened long ago! Don't think about the past. I am creating something new. There it is! Do you see it?.... The future is before you…. Do you see it?

And that… my friends… is where we look for hope.

See You Out On the Road

Series: “Facing the Road Ahead” Part 3 "Finding Purpose"

Sunday May 6, 2012 Sermon Matt 28:16-20

There is a Charlie Brown Comic Strip…. where Lucy asks, "Why do you think we're put on earth, Charlie Brown?" Charlie replies, "To make others happy." Lucy says, "I don't think I'm making anyone very happy .... Of course, nobody's making me very happy either." Then Lucy screams at the top of her lungs ... "SOMEBODY'S NOT DOING HIS JOB!"

We’re in the 3^rd week of our 4 week series titled; “Facing the Road Ahead” of which we are reflecting biblically on Cross Lutheran’s transition process. We’re doing this to help the congregation be engaged in understanding who and what Cross Lutheran is and how she carries out her ministry… not only for today but also into the future. While the road ahead might be uncertain, it is a road that we must take if we are to engage our past so that it can inform our future. We are also doing this to learn something about ourselves and about what God has called us to be.

o    Over the past couple of weeks we’ve learned to never give up.

o    If we stay connected to Jesus, if we follow Jesus, then there is no reason to give up.

o    Last week we learned not to fear because the Holy Spirit empowers us to focus on the abundance of God.

Today… our reflection will focus on Finding Purpose at Cross Lutheran.

The way to over-come the road of uncertainty is to discover or perhaps to re-discover your purpose. That is…Why is it that you are here? What are you called to be here at Cross Lutheran? Who are you called to be? Of course this is for most of us the million dollar question.

The dictionary definition is… “The reason for which something exists or for which it has been done or made.”  For me as an individual… “I exist to be truthful, authentic, and a responsible citizen.”  I accomplish this thru the goals and passions I’ve been gifted with. The same is true for the church and Cross Lutheran. Do you know what Cross Lutherans purpose is... you have one! It may be written down or it may be assumed, but nonetheless you do have one.

Please keep in mind… this is not about the hopes and dreams you have… these are not a purpose. Hopes and dreams are the excitement of our purpose. Hopes and dreams bring enthusiasm to the purpose. Purpose is the over-arching reason we exist as a community of faith. Hopes and dreams change… purpose does not.

Do you know that you do have a Purpose? It’s in your constitution!

Statement of Purpose: “the Church is a people created by God, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and called and sent to witness God’s creative, redeeming, and sanctifying activity in the world.”

It’s too long… but there it is… It even goes on to spell out how you will carry out this purpose. Is this your purpose? I want to caution you… think about this before you answer because virtually every ELCA congregation has this same purpose statement because it’s the model constitution of the “church”. Often purpose statements like the one I read tend to be elongated with a lot of churchy words that carry little meaning for us. But before we say yes to this… I believe Jesus gives us a pretty clear understanding of what the churches purpose is and it’s really quite simple.

Essentially, I believe Jesus tells us our purpose is to “Go to all nations, Make Disciples, Baptize, and Teach.” We know this passage well, yet we tremble when we hear it or we conveniently forget it. Essentially… in shorter form it says what your constitution says. But even more simply… there are really only two imperatives our church purpose needs… they are GO!!!   And    MAKE!!!  Let’s look at these.

GO!

Some of you just got nervous. What does this mean? The Greek word used here literally means “To Pursue”. Jesus by His authority tells us to Pursue ALL people. Jesus taught to actively demonstrate Love, Mercy, and Grace. These are action words…  Jesus didn’t say Go to a place, or to only Christians, or to people like us. Jesus said to go to ALL people. So… the first part of the churches purpose is to GO!!!

MAKE!

Some of you just got really nervous… What does Jesus say??? “To Make Disciples.” … to Baptize them, and teach them to do everything I told you”.

I was sharing this with a congregation and a person came up to me and said, “I can’t do this.” I asked why? And they told me, “That word disciple scares me to death because it means that I must go knock on doors.” I asked who told them that… they told me former pastors over the years told them that knocking on doors evangelizing made them disciples. Is that something you’ve heard or been taught?

Let me be clear… I believe it’s pretty simple… discipleship or as I like to refer to it “Followership” is about these 6 elements or practices Prayer, Worship, Learning, Serving, Relationships, Generosity. Simply… these practices are how the purpose gets lived out… “GO… MAKE” Simply I believe our purpose… the churches purpose… that is never changing are these simple two words… GO>>>> MAKE….

This is God’s church purpose for all churches… all faith communities.

The BIG question for us is…. Is this God’s church or a social gathering of like-minded people?

“A story is told of a community of people who lived on a stretch of dangerous seacoast where shipwrecks often occurred. Eventually, some of the townspeople decided to put some time and effort and money into a rescue operation. A small life-saving station was built and the devoted members of the rescue team kept an ongoing watch over the sea, ready to use their little boat to search for survivors in case of a shipwreck. As the result of this volunteer operation, the town became famous because of the many lives that were saved.

More and more people joined and became part of the team. Soon a new building was erected. It was much larger than the first little building and it was beautifully furnished and decorated. And as more and more amenities were added for the members' pleasure and comfort, the new building was slowly transformed into a kind of clubhouse. As a result, some of the members began to lose interest in the rescue operation.

But then a shipwreck occurred and many survivors were rescued and brought into the clubhouse for first aid. During the period of the operation which lasted for several days, the frenzied activity caused the attractive "clubhouse" to be considerably marred by such things as bloodstains on the lush carpeting. At the next meeting there was a split in the membership. Most members felt that the life-saving operation was a hindrance to the social life of the organization. Those who disagreed were told that they could build another little station further down the coast. And, as the years went by, history continued to repeat itself. Today, so the story goes, that seacoast has a number of exclusive clubhouses dotting the shore - but no one in the area seems to be concerned with rescue operations.

What is your Purpose?

See You Out on the Road