Pastor’s Note 09/04/2025
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations,
for ever and ever! Amen.”
Ephesians 3:20 & 21
I am excited that this Sunday we are going to have an All-Church Potluck right after our worship service. There isn’t an agenda, and nothing that we need to get done, so it will be good for us to gather and to spend time conversing and connecting with one another. If you haven’t signed up yet it isn’t too late, so call the church office and let Silvia know that you are coming.
Also, next week, our church campus is going to get a much-needed update, as our landscaping project will get under way. The project will take 6-8 weeks to complete and has been in the planning process for over a year. With the help from San Diego County and a variety of different agencies, we will be able to complete a project that will cost over $100,000 but will only cost the church around $10,000. We never could have done this project without the extra help, resources, and expertise from the county.
When I think of the landscaping project and about all of the capital improvements and repairs that we have done over the past few years, I think about the above verses from Ephesians. God is in the business of doing “immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine.” He does His work in us and in the Body of Christ in ways that we can’t imagine.
If you would have asked me a few years ago if the church needed some improvements I would have said “yes, absolutely but we don’t have the funds to do projects.” But through the sale of the church owned homes adjacent to our property a few years ago and a variety of circumstances, we are doing things that are immeasurable more that we could imagine.
We needed God to do far more than all we could ask or imagine by His power in us, and we do all of this so that God might be glorified.
So, as you see the project getting under way and the workers doing their various tasks, give thanks to God. He is and will do immeasurable more than we can ask or imagine and He gets all the glory.
Have a great rest of the week and I hope to see you on Sunday.
Pastor’s Note 08/28/2025
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.”
Psalm 121:1 & 2
Psalm 121 reminds us that we have a God who is looking out for us. He watches over us in all of life’s ups and downs and He will be with us now and in the future.
I don’t know if you are like me, but I need to be reminded of this over and over and over and over again (that is way too many overs). I may come to a difficult situation in my life, and I will think that God doesn’t care and that He has forgotten about me and my situation. That is where God’s Word and God’s people come into play.
I need to read the Scriptures, and I need God’s people to remind me of God’s trustworthiness during my difficult times.
That is why it is so important to be in relationships with Godly people. They will be the ones to remind us of God’s faithfulness, and they will be the ones who will be praying with us.
So, as the Labor Day holiday gives us a day to pause and we begin to think about the Fall, consider how you might connect with others in September. Whether it is going to the Adult Sunday School class, attending the Women or Men’s Bible Study, or getting together with a friend to talk about the Scriptures and pray for each other, it is important to be connected.
Have a great holiday weekend and I hope to see many of you on Sunday!