Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost/Service of Holy Communion. We have much to celebrate today as we welcome a new one through Holy Baptism and are joined at the table for the first time by several of our young people. As we are invited today to consider what it means to be managers (rather than owners) of all that we have, it is crucial to recognize that we are bought with a price. “Christ Jesus, himself human, . . . gave himself a ransom for all.” Apart from the generosity of God we have nothing—we are nothing. By God’s gracious favor we have everything we need.