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Words From the Pastor:
June 2009
Dear Friends in Christ,
I sometimes refer to the sanctuary of our church as a “sacred space.” Coming to church and offering praise to God does, indeed, create a place for God in our busy and sometimes chaotic lives. Worship is the “sweet hour of prayer.” It is the time and place where the saints gather and generate a space where miraculous presence of God is made real. To give yourself to God in worship is to give God a place in yourself, resulting in potentially significant and life changing shifts in “who we are.” It sure made a difference in the course of my life.
The word of God, oneness in Christ’s body, the power of Christ’s blood, and the atmosphere of praise in our worship can work wonders. We can be freed from feeling of inadequacy as we become aware of our connection with the infinite source of every possibility. Worship (if we are open to be touched by it) can ignite new enthusiasm for living itself.
The sacred space simply makes room for us to grow into the image of Christ thus bringing a permanent unquestionable shift in the way we experience life, another perspective, transforming the brokenness of our days into wholeness of God’s ways.
Love changes everything! God’s love is the agent of positive change. The sanctuary is one of the many places and spaces of life where that divine love is known and experienced.
So, you are invited to continue to enter the sacred space (and brings friends with you, too.). Share the blessing! Reach out to touch the hem of Christ’s garment and be touched by God. Give God a place and a space to work on the Masterpiece of creation, that is, “your life.”
See you in church, the sacred space where wondrous things can happen to you. Hoping all the sacred places you visit this summer are rewarding, exciting, pleasurable and transforming.
Pastor Frank
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