Tackily, Tackily

Tackiness trumps Lutheranism once again at the neighborhood ELCA church of the lighted sign, where this week's message reads:

SERVE LOCALLY
PRAY GLOBALLY

Wow. That's a long list of God-blesses to add to your bedtime prayers. Why do I get the sense that this congregation is more about organizing for public works than teaching the Word of God? Why do I detect an aroma of sanctification divorced from justification?