Reaching out from Grand Lake Community Chapel
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Greetings in Christ!
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it! Let us rejoice in the days getting steadily longer, and let us be glad for the pristine beauty of newly fallen snow that surrounds us during this season. Your pastors are both dealing with the “crud,” so we’re writing this week’s message from home; neither of us can remember feeling quite this lousy, and we know some of you, our beloved church families, are dealing with it as well. Perhaps we should be glad for warm drinks, cozy blankets, and the love of Toby the Church Dog as he goes back-and-forth between us to bring comfort!
We are now into the season of the church year known as “Ordinary Time.” We’ve talked about this over the years, but it’s worth repeating that there’s nothing “ordinary” about Ordinary Time! All it means is that there aren’t any feast days or special observances until we get to the Season of Lent in early March. This quieter time of the church year is when our focus is on living the lives we are called to as Christians; focusing on being kind, loving, generous, and compassionate people, even if the world around us isn’t too keen on these things. Our way of being can, and will, change this world for the better; so let us embrace our calls to be different! And let us hold our brothers and sisters in California, and everywhere around the world where there is strife, in ardent prayer. Let us seek ways to contribute to relief efforts as we are able. And let us trust that our prayers will be heard and our efforts will be successful!
With our love,
Karen and Greg
Home: (989) 474-9116, Cell: (734) 502-5969
revgregrc@yahoo.com / revgreggl@yahoo.com
revkarenrc@yahoo.com / revkarengl@yahoo.com
Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and
will have compassion on his afflicted ones. Isaiah 49:13
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