Being a Community with the Parable of the Lost Sheep by Mike Huber

For the message, Mike read Luke 15:1-7 and I John 4:11-12. He suggested that coming to the parable of the "lost sheep" as an isolated individual allows us to cast ourselves as the lost sheep every time. However, when we come to this text as a community, we must realize that 99% of the flock is left in open country. Playing the odds, the lost sheep is almost certainly someone else. As the flock, our job is to care for one another and make room for the wayward sheep that the shepherd adds to our sheepfold. How do you know if you are one of the lost sheep, or one of the 99? Can you be both of these things at the same time? Have you been asked to go beyond what’s fair, in order to create a sense of home for others? When it happens, how will you respond to that call?