We welcome our first new member since I came here in July to Deerfield UMC. He was 61 years old and joined by baptism and profession of faith. What a beautiful day! On this same day the message was on the resurrection and what happens to us when we die for those who place their trust in Christ to be their Lord and Savior. After this passage was selected, we had two folks in our church family die. One funeral was on that same Sunday afternoon, and the other funeral was yesterday. If there was ever a time to be thinking about the resurrection as a church family, this has been a really good time to remember that we are a people of hope, because we place our hope in Jesus Christ and even with the sting of the grief of death, we know it is not the end. In Christ we live eternally in the presence of the living God.
So for the coming Sunday, we are looking forward to taking in another new member, and having our fall bazaar this coming Saturday. Our thanksgiving meal will be this Sunday after church and I know that will be great.
I challenge our church to spend some time with the time left before Sunday morning reading from Haggai Chapter one. Our theme this week is on taking care of God's business first and how the scriptures help us get our priorities straight.
We have several folks in the hospital and life is pretty normal for the church. We are holding on to our faith, and praying for God's healing power to be with those who are sick, and for his grace and consolation to be with those who mourn. We praise the Lord that God is able to celebrate with us when we have reason to celebrate, and to comfort us and put people around us to help us and strengthen us, when we are weak or suffering. God's work is amazing, and this day we give him the praise for health and strength to serve him yet another week. Peace to you.
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