Dear Church,
Each Sunday we meet together we pray, “Thy Kingdom come” in the Lord’s Prayer. Yet, during the week we spend a lot of time building temporary kingdoms—kingdoms of this world. A strong family. Financial security. Political power. A better body. As nice as these are, are they “God’s Kingdom come”? Our next worship series, starting Nov. 1, is called “Kingdom Builders.” In the weeks leading up to Advent, we’ll look at what we as individuals and as a church are building. We’ll think about how scripture guides us in answering questions like: · What foundation are we building upon? · How deep does our foundation go? · What are we investing our time, energy, and resources in? · How does God figure into our plans? The COVID pandemic has wreaked havoc on many of our plans, traditions, and routines in 2020. Yet the changes offer exciting possibilities for creative ways to build God’s Kingdom in ways we never imagined. How will we, as individuals and a church, greet 2021? With mourning for what we’ve lost or with a vision for what we might build in the future? In Christ, Pastor Cathy
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Pastor CathyPastor Cathy has been appointed to Tyner UMC since July 2019; she also is a part-time writing instructor at Bethel University in Mishawaka. Archives
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