I want to tell you today about sometning I saw take place that does this old Pastor's heart good. An image of our Church, that when I look back on it, it causes a grin to garner my face!
It was Thanksgiving Sunday. I had a project lined up for the High School class to hopefully make it easier for you, to minister to the children in need in our area that need your help this Christmas Season. I laid before them an empty piece of paper, some gift tags and a bunch of markers and crayons. What they created that day exceeded my expectations! And they had fun doing it! They knew why they were doing it. For a few brief moments they knew how how blessed they were, and that they wanted to help. When they had finished and we came downstairs, I was overcome once again with a transformation I saw taking place. While the Church Board and many others were busy getting Thanksgiving diner ready for us all the Worship Center Ladies began to take down the Thanksgiving decorations and then put up the Christmas ones. But the thing that I found especially pleasing was that a whole host of others were taking part, including many children. It was a bee hive of activity. But not just any activity. It was a transformation of making our sanctuary into a Christmas scene, where many hands were welcome, the conversations were warm, the laughter was loud and the end product was a thing of great beauty. Between the activity going on in the kitchen and fellowship hall and that taking place in the santcuary, I got a picture of what it means once again to "Be the Church". Thank you all for that precious memory!
Your Brother in Christ, Pastor Rick
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