FROM YOUR PASTOR

It’s church conference time of year again.  Church conference means that as a church and as a pastor the time is here for compiling and completing lots and lots of paper work.  For the most part, sitting around crunching numbers isn’t my favorite thing to do.  Despite their ability to offer perspective and reflections, numbers simply don’t have much personality.

Several years ago, I went to workshop with Clif Christoffer.  He suggests that the real key to any number is sharing the personal story behind it.   What lives have been affected and changed?  Every week or so, I receive an e-mail from Bill and Jerri Savuto talking about their work and the hospital in Maua, Kenya.  While there are often facts and figures, it’s stories about how people’s lives are changed that always move me.  This morning a read a wonderful story about a family and their beloved dog.  Rather than spend lots of money on Maggie’s care, they chose to send it to the hospital in Maui. 

Other moments are watching our children shine as they sing in the children’s choir or joining the choir at our potluck dinner the other night.  Each is evidence of how our church is changing lives.  At our church conference next Tuesday night, November 3, at 7:00 p.m., we’ll have more opportunities to share the moments and events where our church has impacted lives, hearts, and minds.  I hope you will join us.

Christ’s Peace,

Kim