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8 Lutheran Life Just as we have vocations at home, we also have vocations among our church family as fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. St. Paul gives us imagery of a body to portray how each one of us has a specific role to play in the church. As we work together, play our part, and honor one another, we function as one—with Christ as our head. In church, we celebrate the diversity of the vocational gifts given to each person. The church is made up of different people with different vocations that all work together to create one body of Christ. Paul celebrates the diversity of church vocations by comparing the church to a body, with each person representing a different body part. He writes: If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as He chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1720 There are many parts, yet one body. There are different roles at church and yet one church. This is how God has arranged it. Paul continues in verse 28 to explain how God has appointed some to be apostles and prophets, some to be teachers and administrators. We are not all pastors or elders, but each of us has a role to play. Many Parts, One body

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