Day 32
We have a new pastor that is young and we are his first church, so last night we had the privilege of participating in his ordination service. It was a special time for him and his family and for us too as his church family. It was quite interesting to see several churches come together in one place to celebrate the life and future service of a young man starting in the ministry. You don’t see churches come together that often and the strength of combining us under one roof was very powerful.
I browsed through the hosting church Sunday bulletin and picked up some new ideas of different ministries that they are doing and I also observed the facility and noticed lots of nice attention to detail that is welcoming to visitors. OK, I admit, I’m nosey. But more importantly I noticed how they opened their church ‘home’ to us as guests and made us feel very much a part of the family. But you know, we are all part of one family. We are brothers and sisters, adopted into the family of Christ and I really had a great time with my extended family. As I think of people that don’t go to church and all the excuses that I have heard for not being there, it makes me sad to think about what they are missing. A church family is a source of strength and community and it’s also a refuge when the world around you seems cruel. Paul said in Ephesians 2:22 that ‘in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.’ I’m thankful for my salvation through Christ but I’m also thankful that He didn’t leave me to take this journey alone. He gave me a church family to help me and for me to join with them to serve Him in more powerful ways than I could ever do alone.
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