Musings Along Life's Way: Confidence
My Friends,
Last Sunday, we had a wonderful time in worship talking about confidence. By reflecting on the confidence of Jesus as he preached to the synagogue in Nazareth, we reflected on personal confidence, our confidence as the body of Christ and looked again at what it might mean when we say, "Reaching out, we become what our hearts can see." We explored what it means to practice intentionally being who we are so that we can take "who we are" out into the world. After church, I was talking with someone about our spiritual confidence building when it occurred to me that the confidence that we have is a confidence not in doctrine or dogma, but a confidence that in the unknowns of our lives we are OK -- that the universe is set up in such a way that, ultimately, and finally we are loved and cared for. This is the "Blessed Assurance" that Franny Crosby sang about in her hymn. With this "blessed assurance" we have what we need to "get up and do what has to be done." That's a wonderful, wonderful thing.
I want to draw your attention to what's happening in your church on February 11. On the 11th we will be celebrating our friends in worship. In order to celebrate our friends we need to invite them to be with us in church. So, we'll have an "invite a friend" Sunday at both worship services, 8:30 and 10:30. In each, we will enjoy fantastic music and extraordinary community. And of course, we hope to interest our friends in joining us more often. In addition, we will unveil a major overhaul of our Sunday School on February 11.
Up to this point, our Sunday School has been quite traditional, looking a lot like a school. We will be moving from a "strict" classroom approach, with desks and chairs quietly listening to the teacher, to a more active and hands-on approach to Christian Education, featuring "stations" with different activities centered on a particular theme. The first theme for February and March will be "Noah's Ark." The children will listen and tell stories, sing songs, experiment with drama and video, color pictures, make crafts and perhaps make and bake something.
This is an important move in the life of our church. Bring your children and grandchildren and heck, its "bring a friend Sunday." Have them bring a friend.
Blessings and Peace,
David
Last Sunday, we had a wonderful time in worship talking about confidence. By reflecting on the confidence of Jesus as he preached to the synagogue in Nazareth, we reflected on personal confidence, our confidence as the body of Christ and looked again at what it might mean when we say, "Reaching out, we become what our hearts can see." We explored what it means to practice intentionally being who we are so that we can take "who we are" out into the world. After church, I was talking with someone about our spiritual confidence building when it occurred to me that the confidence that we have is a confidence not in doctrine or dogma, but a confidence that in the unknowns of our lives we are OK -- that the universe is set up in such a way that, ultimately, and finally we are loved and cared for. This is the "Blessed Assurance" that Franny Crosby sang about in her hymn. With this "blessed assurance" we have what we need to "get up and do what has to be done." That's a wonderful, wonderful thing.
I want to draw your attention to what's happening in your church on February 11. On the 11th we will be celebrating our friends in worship. In order to celebrate our friends we need to invite them to be with us in church. So, we'll have an "invite a friend" Sunday at both worship services, 8:30 and 10:30. In each, we will enjoy fantastic music and extraordinary community. And of course, we hope to interest our friends in joining us more often. In addition, we will unveil a major overhaul of our Sunday School on February 11.
Up to this point, our Sunday School has been quite traditional, looking a lot like a school. We will be moving from a "strict" classroom approach, with desks and chairs quietly listening to the teacher, to a more active and hands-on approach to Christian Education, featuring "stations" with different activities centered on a particular theme. The first theme for February and March will be "Noah's Ark." The children will listen and tell stories, sing songs, experiment with drama and video, color pictures, make crafts and perhaps make and bake something.
This is an important move in the life of our church. Bring your children and grandchildren and heck, its "bring a friend Sunday." Have them bring a friend.
Blessings and Peace,
David
posted by Online Coordinator at Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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