St Paul Church

Pastor's Message for September 2011

It’s amazing how fast the summer goes.  I remember shopping for a bathing suit in June and thought the old one I had would work fine…until the other day when I could pick one up for $3.00.  Obviously it is time to get the winter stuff in the store.  Of course the big shopping season right now is Back to School shopping…And why is that…because it is time for our kids to go back to school.

Sue and I have brought Todd back to school and Kyle goes back in a few days…and so we have done our back to school shopping.  Well it is also back to church time.  Pretty soon we will restart our full programs and add some new ones.  The choirs will be starting, as will Awana, Confirmation and, on September 11th, Rally Day for our Sunday school.  Faith Angels are meeting and their theme is “ Back to School for the Christian.”

One of the great things about going back to church in the fall is that you don’t have to buy anything.  At St. Paul Church, you just have to show up…but then, like in school, you can’t just take up space…God wants you to be involved.

Lamentations 3:40 “Let us examine our ways and test them and let us return to the Lord.”  And Zechariah 1:3 “Therefore tell the people:  This is what the Lord Almighty says `Return to Me` declares the Lord Almighty, `and I will return to you` says the Lord Almighty.”

Now I won’t tell you all that follows after these verses, but when you read them you will see that returning to the Lord involves action like worship and confession, listening to God and repenting.

So the end of the summer is not just about coming to church but about getting involved.  Maybe you’ve never attended a Sunday school class…now is the time to try it out.  Maybe you’ve never taken notes during the sermon…now is a good time to do that.  Maybe you’ve never been to Mission Fest…well get it on your calendar for September 17th & 18th.  There are a lot of ways to help yourself return to the Lord…you just have to step into the action.

Read through the Visitor and see how you want to get involved.

God Bless you

Pastor Scott

Posted: September 1st, 2011 by Robin W under Pastor's Messages.