Dear
Friends,
Sunday (January 19) we
began a new era of caring ministry in our congregation.
We commissioned twelve new care
teams that will aid our 7 elder and deacon teams. This makes nineteen teams that will be using
their gifts of care and nurture for Christ’s church in the body we call Sully First
Reformed.
As your pastor, this has been
one of my dreams to help develop and disciple our congregation into a caring
and loving body of believers.
The care team ministry was
developed so that there is not one person who is inadvertently missing the Christian
care and love that we desire to show one another.
It also is an opportunity to
allow members to use their gifts of mercy, hospitality and listening.
Our care teams will compliment
the care of the elders and deacons that has and will continue to be so
faithfully done but will give everyone a greater opportunity to serve.
As your pastor, I am aware of
the needs that a congregation of our size represents as well as the great
possibilities of service that God has in store for us if we are willing to
serve together and refresh ourselves.
I am reminded of this example of
coming together and refueling our care service.
The Strategic Air Command – our
nations’ defense system – operates 24 hours a day as a shield of protection for
our nation. That means that at any point
in a given day there are planes carrying nuclear warheads in the air over our
country. If these planes fly constantly,
how do they keep them full of fuel? In
the military, they do what’s called mid-flight refueling. A refueling plane actually flies up next to
the Strategic Air Command plane, docks in, and refuels in flight.
We know together we can provide
the care needed for each other as we help one another care for one another in
Christ.
“For this reasons we never become discouraged … yet our spiritual being
is renewed day after day.” 2
Corinthians 4:16
May we be ready to receive the
Lord’s blessings as we love and care for one another in Christ!
Blessings!
Pastor
Wayne
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