Pastor’s Note 11/16/2023
12 There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body.
It is the same with Christ. 13 We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink.
14 So the body is not made up of just one part. It has many parts.
(1 Corinthians 12:12-14)
This Sunday we have a lot of “church business” that is taking place. We are baptizing people who are professing their faith in Christ before others. We are welcoming new members as they make the commitment to be connected to our church in the Lakeside community. We have a congregational meeting where the members of the church are informed about the business of the church as we review the church budget for 2024, vote on the pastor’s salary and elect new Elders and Deacons as they serve our church over the next 3 years.
The church business is part of our “fiduciary” obligations in running a Presbyterian church but more importantly, we are functioning as the “body of Christ.” Each of us are a part of the particular body of Christ that we call LCPC, which means that each of us is an important “body part.” The passage in 1 Corinthians reminds us that we are all a part – some of us are hands, some of us are feet, others are eyes, but each of us is an important part of the body. The Apostle Paul reminds us that each of us is a part of one body.
So this Sunday, come and help us be the “body of Christ.” You have a role to play and we can’t be the body without you.
Have a great rest of the week and I hope to see you on Sunday.
Pastor’s Note 11/09/2023
I will give thanks to the LORD with
my whole heart;
I will recount all of Your wonderful deeds.
I will be glad and exult in You;
I will sing praise to Your Name, O Most High.”
(Psalm 9:1-2)
As we move through this second week of November, I want to encourage you to do something for the rest of the month.
Everyday, take a moment to thank someone for something. It can be a verbal “thank you” to the cashier who helped you at the grocery store or you can write a note of thanks to someone. Give and extra tip to the server who has waited on you at a restaurant. Email someone to say thanks or text someone a quick note but treat this act as a response to God for “His wonderful deeds.”
It is as we say thanks, we appreciate more of all of the good and generous acts that come our way. We are also reminded of the good God that we believe in. A God who is good and generous.
So “say thanks” and treat it as a praise to our “God Most High!”
See you on Sunday.