Pastor’s Corner – November 11, 2021
Dear Beloved Siblings,
In this season where we often take time to focus on gratitude, my heart is full. While my heart often feels heavy with the loss and grief near and far, it remains overflowing with thanksgiving for you and the opportunity to serve and follow Jesus with you. Each Sunday, it is a blessing to worship with you in-person and virtually and to connect with the Treasure Seekers children in-person and virtually.
I also give thanks for Friedens’ mission of sharing the love of Christ and our focus on moving outward. This is what disciples of Jesus are called to do. I am grateful we can follow Jesus’ calling in community with one another – together led by God’s Spirit. We bring different gifts, strengths, personalities, wounds, experiences, knowledge, and perspectives which allow us to reach out to others with the compassion, grace, and faith of Jesus in more beautifully diverse ways. We are all needed to give and receive in the ministries of Jesus.
One of the ways we are moving outward is through the grant provided by the Center for Congregations to support engagement with young adults. Connecting with young adults (20-35) through the Conscious Caring Community, has created space for the building of relationships with young adults who are making a positive difference in the community – in schools, social work, health and wellness, environmental efforts, and in the corporate world. Connections with young adults enabled us to host a special maternal health event and the Little Timmy mobile clinic this summer. Connections with young adults have been made with the Treasure Seekers, with worship, with book and Bible study groups, with the Christian Education Ministry Team (to become the Lifelong Spiritual Formation and Conscious Caring Community Ministry Team), with the Outreach Ministry Team and Just Peace Exploratory Team (to become the Friedens Moving Outward Ministry Team), and with an opportunity for a weekly winter Farmers’ Market each Saturday from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in Hayden Hall from Nov. 20th until the spring.
Thank you for your continued prayers for these ministries. We hope to see you at the winter Farmers’ Market and hope you’ll join us for social justice, wellness, and creativity opportunities with the Conscious Caring Community. Please reach out anytime for more information.
With gratitude and hope,
Sarah
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
Psalm 9:1-2
