A brief but cheery thought for your Wednesday. A couple days ago blog guru Patrick Adams and I got together with one of his friends and played music in the church basement, kind of spur-of-the-moment. Then Patrick and his friend installed the new thermostat in the St. John's fellowship hall. (Yay! Controlled heat!) As I was pondering this I remembered how lucky we are to have such interesting people surrounding us in God's family. I mean, you can just call up somebody and say, "Hey, want to play some music today?" and in just a little while there you are! We have people helping each other crochet or paint rocks. We have gardeners. We have game players. We have people who watch movies, write poetry, sample wines, craft beers, cook, draw, run, play sports, or just sit around and discuss things. Just about any time you can find somebody to do these things with, and many more! People just show up with Irish food or penny whistles or playing cards or whatever the theme of the day is. That's amazing! It's a beautiful, surprising, and quite open and welcoming way of doing church...of being God's people. And it's available to any of us just by saying, "Hey, let's do something!"
If you haven't given thanks for our church family recently, make sure you do! Notice what's going on here and celebrate it!
Also if you'd like to hear how to make our church, and your personal life, more reflective of this kind of love--more chocked full of these kind of uplifting moments and activities--make sure you come to our Evangelism Workshop after worship this Sunday. You'll find out what we're sharing, why it matters, and how your life can overflow with it too...to the benefit of everyone you meet.
See you there! And all these other places too! Anybody up for a good game of Balderdash?
--Pastor Dave (pastordave@geneseelutheranparish.org)
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