Announcements
St.
Paul's Episcopal is hosting a reception for Charlie Hughes, who is
retiring from the Community Kitchen after 25 years of service. It
will be Tuesday, June 17 from 5-7 (brief remarks at 5:30).
Purpose-Driven
Life!--
This Monday
is Day 36!
Want
to continue the conversation? Reach out to Andy Sanislo if there
have been particular days or topics that merit further conversation.
Community
Kitchen Spot
There
are a lot of hungry and homeless children of God and the community
needs some help feeding them. If you would like to help out, please
bring the following items to church this Sunday & put them on the
bookshelf.
Plastic
Forks, Knives, Spoons
Dinner
Napkins
Heavy
Duty Sectional Dinner Plates
Dessert
Plates
New
Hope News
Sunday
School—We're
going to wrap up Matthew with a study on the Great Commission this
coming Sunday (Matthew 28:16-20)
Pray
For:
Norma
Capone
New
Hope's session meeting this coming Sunday
Links
Keith's
Random Thoughts
So there I was...
I moved a bookshelf in
the basement the other day, and there was a skink sitting in the
place where my bookshelf had been. He was quite surprised to be in
sudden light, and I took advantage of his momentary lapse in
attention to capture him in a container so he could be released
outside. Before he was trapped, I took a moment to contemplate his
situation. He looked healthy and happy, but I knew that my basement
was not the ideal place for a skink. (I don't think so, anyway)
There aren't that many bugs down there, and it's not filled
with trees and ponds and the like. (No predators, too, I suppose)
As I let him go in the backyard, I had to imagine he'd be better off.
I've been reading Acts
lately, and in Acts you get a good picture of the conflict between
the early Christian church and the Jewish community. Peter, Paul and
others are trying to help the Jews see that they need to make a move
into a new environment, but the Jews are resisting. They have become
comfortable, and they don't see the world the same way Peter and Paul
do. They refuse the Good News, the revelation that a whole new way
of life is calling them forward. They stick with the old, where it
seems safe.
For us to flourish, we
need to be willing to examine ourselves and our choices. There is
always a part of us that will choose what is known, what is
comfortable, over the unknown and the new. God is always calling us
forward, and this isn't always easy. Change is tough. But it can
also be a time of great growth if we're willing to let God lead and
direct.
So may we examine our
environment, and see how it fits. If we're still growing and feeling
challenged, then we are in a good place. If we have grown
comfortable and stopped looking for the next step into which God is
calling us, then perhaps we need to reach out a bit, to set aside
some time to listen for what God has in store.
Text
for this Sunday
(Click on Link below to read)
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Hope on iTunes
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Blog
& Devotionals
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