Reaching out from Grand Lake Community Chapel
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Greetings in Christ!
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! Let us rejoice in cool evenings that are so nice for sleeping, and let us be glad in early autumn days that allow us to enjoy the great outdoors in comfort. Now, if we could get just a little rain to freshen things up a bit! The colors of fall are beginning to dominate the landscape, and the apple orchards and cider mills are beckoning us to come sample their offerings (we’re particularly fond of Knaebe’s), so we invite you to get out and enjoy the blessings of the season!
Earlier this week, a dozen of our congregants from both Westminster Presbyterian and Grand Lake Community Chapel came together for the final “Adopt-A-Highway” road cleanup of the season along US23; a total of 19 bags of trash were collected, and more importantly good fellowship was shared by all. This joint effort got us to thinking about the power of community, about how much can be accomplished when good women and men join forces to tackle a project; which in turn got us to thinking about how we express our faith in the world. There’s a tendency to think that our public witness has to be big and splashy to grab the attention of the world, but walking along US23 on the stretch of highway assigned to our churches, and proudly proclaimed on signs posted at both end of the stretch, with passers-by waving and honking horns in support of our work, was a witness to our Christian way of life. Volunteers giving freely of their time to make the world a cleaner place, clearly connected to our churches, sent an unmistakable message about who we are and what we value. When we hold a door open for another person, when we share a friendly greeting with a stranger, when we slow down enough to let another vehicle ease onto the freeway, and then wave a “hello” to the other driver, we’re demonstrating what it is to live out our faith. Certainly, helping out at a food pantry distribution or lending a hand in response to a natural disaster are great things; but it’s so often the little things that carry the work of Christ out into the world we share with billions of others. A community of faith can do amazing things, one small gesture at a time. As we read in Psalm 133: “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”
God bless you!
Karen and Greg
Home: (989) 474-9116, Cell: (734) 502-5969 revgregrc@yahoo.com / revgreggl@yahoo.com revkarenrc@yahoo.com / revkarengl@yahoo.com
For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3:9
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