Chuck’s Thoughts
Hi Everyone!
I have missed you! Over the past three weeks I have been on a Pastor’s Retreat with Kathleen in Vail, Colorado, put on by the Acts 29 Network, took 2 weeks of vacation and have been spending the last three days at a bay house studying, praying and preparing for the rest of the year. It has been a very fruitful time and I feel rested and refreshed. I have missed preaching to you but it has been good for my soul to pull back, rest, play, read fiction, and let God just be my savior and friend and not just a boss I work for during the week. I must confess it was hard leaving 50 degree weather in Vail to come back to 101 here!
This Sunday we will be starting a new message series entitled “PSALMS: Seeking God’s Heart”. We will spend the next 6 weeks looking at various Psalms that show different aspects of a life that seeks to know God deeply. The Psalms has been a book that the people of God have used in their worship services to sing, pray and use as a guide on how to interact with our great God. Over the past month I have been using a Bible reading plan that leads me to read 2-4 Psalms a day and the Lord has been using it to refresh my heart.
I will also be making an important announcement concerning our “Season of Opportunity” that we have been talking about since May. No one has dropped any gold bars by the office so don’t get your hopes up but we are going to talk about our plans as we seek to pay off our construction loan and take the next step in expanding.
Next Sunday we will have our 3rd annual “Floats on the Porch”! This is the Porch event that started it all! After each service you can stay and chat it up over delicious creamy root beer floats! I hope you’ll invite a friend to join you. This will be our last Porch event until the fall. You guys have been using these faithfully to introduce new people to our church and many are getting connected.
You are a privilege to pastor and I look forward to being back with you this Sunday!
Chuck
