August/September Note from Pastor Jon

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Can you believe it?  Summer is almost over.  By now, many of our children and teenagers are back in school, or are preparing to go back to school very soon.  The summer break has come to an end, and it is time to get back into the routine of our September through May lives.

Isn’t it interesting, that through our schooling process, we have been conditioned to relax a bit during the summer?  Take a break, take a deep breath, slow down the pace a bit?  We are taught at an early age that summer is the time to have fun, to sleep-in, to go on vacation. 

I am so pleased that it isn’t that way in our church.  While we may decide to not have a committee meeting one month, our responsibility to worship our Lord is well founded, and noticed.  Every time that we gather together to worship, we are telling the world, that things are different in our lives, than in the life of the world around us.

The world may slow down, but life in the church continues, even thrives!  Our youth recently went on a Summer Mission Trip.  We had our first ever cooperative Vacation Bible School joining several other community churches to teach the children of our churches and communities about the Bible and our faith.  Many of you have helped at the Habitat for Humanity Build for the house this summer. 

The Session and Trustees have been discussing the need to replace our carpeting in the sanctuary and looking at several options and possibilities.  Our new Associate Pastor, Rev. David Paul, and his family have been settling in and meeting many of you.  Many of you have been joining us in a fellowship meal after church, and our Summer Worship attendance has been very good.  This is a very exciting time of year for our church!

Come and join us in the excitement at your church.  There are loads of opportunities here, which can draw us nearer together, and nearer to God.  Truly Good things are happening in our midst!

                                                                                                       In Him,  Pastor Jon

Posted August 18, 2009, 5:44 pm | Comments Off 

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