Newsletter Highlights
Monday, March 1, 2010
In the Great Events of THIS WEEK:
---THE BOY, CUB & GIRL SCOUTS meet this evening (Monday) at 7:00 P.M.
---Also, meeting this evening at 7:00 P.M. is the ADMINISTRATION
Committee. ---THE COMMITMENT Committee meets on Tuesday evening at
7:00 P.M. ---FELLOWSHIP NIGHTS continue on Wednesday at 6:00
P.M. with the ADULT III SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS bringing us a wonderful meal
of spaghetti. ---THE CHOIR practices at 7:00 P.M. ---THE
F.I.S.H.STICKS practice at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday. ---THE "WITH
HOPE" SMALL GROUP STUDY meets at 8:00 P.M. on Wednesday. ---THE
BANNER BEES meet at 9:00 A.M. on Thursday. ---THE DISCIPLE BIBLE
STUDY GROUPS, ONE & TWO meet at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday. ---THE
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN'S COORDINATING TEAM meets at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday.
---Sunday begins with EARLY EDITION WORSHIP
at 9:00 A.M. ---During the Sunday School hour the "What's It All
About" Class will meet for the second time. ---Immediately
following the 11:00 A.M. worship service the PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN'S
COORDINATING TEAM will host a reception to honor on this Sunday "The
Gifts of Women." ---All the Youth Groups, JESUS AND ME, KIDS FOR
JESUS & GOD'S TEAM, will meet at 2:00 P.M. ---THE CONFIRMATION
CLASS will meet this Sunday at 4:00 P.M. ---NEXT Monday the
MEMORIAL GARDEN COMMITTEE will meet at 7:00 P.M. ---NEXT Monday
the STRENGTHENING OF THE CHURCH COMMITTEE will meet at 7:00 P.M.
A Word From Jud
There are
certain words that often do not have a very good connotation, or
meaning, for us. Of those, let me suggest these: old, tired,
routine, rut, drab, stale. We do not really like these words
because they reflect a part of our lives that we do not like. No,
we like words like: excitement, newness, fresh, joyful, hopeful, and so
on. This is the way we like life. We like Christmas because
often we get new gifts, which we think will make our lives new.
They usually do not, but we hope. The ultimate meaning of Christ
breaking into our lives does make all things new, but this seems so
elusive we have trouble seeing the vision even at Christmas. So,
we resort to the toys, no matter what our age.
Now at times,
maybe a lot of times, God calls us to the routine, to the old, to the
rut, to the drab. Life is often this way. To meet the call
of God is to live well in the midst of that which is not as exciting as
we would like.
Now at other
times, we live in the midst of routine, rut, ordinary, when it is not
only not necessary, but also not our calling. This is to say, we
view life from the dark side, when God is probably calling us in another
direction. We allow tiredness, fatigue, weariness of mind
or frailty of hope to rule our spirit, when there is another way.
And, God is calling us to the other way.
So, when you
wake up in the morning, and view your day, your week, your life, . . .
and you do not see all the brightness you may have hoped for, . . .
think, . . . pray! If God is calling you to travel a long and
sometime weary road, then perhaps even that which is hard, tiresome
or spirit-breaking, comes with the glory of what God wants us to be
doing. We never know what turns the future holds, but we might be
a little more comfortable knowing that God holds the future, and we are
in God's plan.
OR, when you
wake up in the morning and view your day, your week, your life, . . .
and you do not see all the brightness you may have hoped for, . . .
think, . . . pray! God well may be calling you to see the world,
and your life, in a different, a brighter, and more hopeful light.
So, often we are our own worst enemy, comfortable in cursing the
darkness, and refusing to light a candle.
The only sure
and certain thing I do know is that when you wake up in the morning and
view your day, your week, your life, . . . and you do not see all the
brightness you may have hoped for, . . and when you think and pray, . .
. God is always there, with you, in you!
Don't lose the vision of the
light of God!!!
take care,
jud
