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Jack's Journal
40 South Main Street
Croton, Ohio 43013
740-893-3191
crotonchurch@embarqmail.com
Croton, Ohio 43013
740-893-3191
crotonchurch@embarqmail.com
Apollo 13—remember this historic flight to the moon and the many troubles it
encountered? They even made a movie about the flight.
At a meeting I attended in early June, the keynote speaker was James Lovell, the
Commander of the Apollo 13 flight. He spoke about the many problems that they
experienced. They lost their main oxygen supply because of a leak and had to use the
oxygen from the lunar module. They had to shut down their heating supply which eventually
left their inside temperature somewhere in the mid to high 30’s. They lost some of their
automated guidance systems that required them to make the re-entry into the earth’s
atmosphere by hand. If they were off by only a few degrees or the angle was not right, their
space ship would burn up at re-entry. Talk about stress: hundreds of miles in space, the
moon landing had to be cancelled, they still had to circle the moon to get the right angle for
re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere, they were low on oxygen and were not sure how long it
would last. Could they make it back to earth and families?
Mr. Lovell emphasized over and over that they made it home because of teamwork.
For each problem that they encountered, a team of workers from mission control would
instantly go to work to decide on some possible solutions. The three men in the space
capsule were totally relying on the abilities of the mission control personnel and it worked.
The church needs to function the same way. We encounter problems that are solved
by people such as you that have expertise in many fields of understanding. We can not
exist without people helping other people. After all, God designed the church for people. It
takes teamwork to make things happen and to allow God’s will to move through the church.
I believe that Hebrews 10:24 & 25 are good examples of how teamwork is suppose to
function. “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good
deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us
encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Commander Lovell said that there are three kinds of people when it comes to making
decisions:
1. Those who make decisions.
2. Those who watch decisions being made.
3. Those who do nothing.
Where do you and I fit?
Serving Him Together,
Jack
encountered? They even made a movie about the flight.
At a meeting I attended in early June, the keynote speaker was James Lovell, the
Commander of the Apollo 13 flight. He spoke about the many problems that they
experienced. They lost their main oxygen supply because of a leak and had to use the
oxygen from the lunar module. They had to shut down their heating supply which eventually
left their inside temperature somewhere in the mid to high 30’s. They lost some of their
automated guidance systems that required them to make the re-entry into the earth’s
atmosphere by hand. If they were off by only a few degrees or the angle was not right, their
space ship would burn up at re-entry. Talk about stress: hundreds of miles in space, the
moon landing had to be cancelled, they still had to circle the moon to get the right angle for
re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere, they were low on oxygen and were not sure how long it
would last. Could they make it back to earth and families?
Mr. Lovell emphasized over and over that they made it home because of teamwork.
For each problem that they encountered, a team of workers from mission control would
instantly go to work to decide on some possible solutions. The three men in the space
capsule were totally relying on the abilities of the mission control personnel and it worked.
The church needs to function the same way. We encounter problems that are solved
by people such as you that have expertise in many fields of understanding. We can not
exist without people helping other people. After all, God designed the church for people. It
takes teamwork to make things happen and to allow God’s will to move through the church.
I believe that Hebrews 10:24 & 25 are good examples of how teamwork is suppose to
function. “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good
deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us
encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Commander Lovell said that there are three kinds of people when it comes to making
decisions:
1. Those who make decisions.
2. Those who watch decisions being made.
3. Those who do nothing.
Where do you and I fit?
Serving Him Together,
Jack
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