Hello Everyone,

January is the month of broken promises. We promise to lose weight, exercise more, eat better, be more generous, save more, improve our minds, rest our minds, travel more, do more at home, and on and on. Did you notice that these are promises we make to ourselves?

Every year I pledge to do one of these and it never quite happens. I lose weight for a while then by June I am on the path to tipping the scales further than they should be tipped. Though I promise that this year will be different I am faced with the reality that, "Eggs and oaths are easily broken." ~Danish Proverb

This past year we, as a church, have done well keeping our promises. We kept the promises we made to the community by sustaining our lunch program, providing blankets to those needing them, and bags of personal items that other assistance programs fail to cover. We have youth attending church and consequently learning the basics of our Christian faith.

All good and worthy accomplishments. Yet we have more to do. We will need to expand our coalition of churches to improve our lunch program and make it more sustainable. We will need to grow as a church. We need to grow spiritually as well as growing in numbers. Our two Bible study classes are vehicles to help us grow. One is available at 10:30 am at Berkeley Square, the other is at 6:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall classroom. Both will allow you the knowledge, spiritual growth and understanding of the life Jesus intends for each of his children.

 This new year there is a lot to hope for and lots for us to do. If you are not involved, come join us. You will enjoy the experience.

God Bless,

Pastor Mark