Peacemakers,
Do you ever feel like things are changing too fast? This week’s scripture lesson from Hebrews 13 tells us “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” That verse used to irritate me because I thought it made faith seem static and uninteresting. I usually heard it quoted by rigid people who were stuck in their ways. Well, now in the middle ages of life, I see Christ as a wonderful, stabilizing force when everything else seems to be shifting beneath our feet.
As autumn cranks up again, things are happening at Peace which you need to know. First of all, we are excited about the work the Building Vision Team, now meeting to interview architects. We will be working over the next year to develop a master plan for our site that will be exciting to all of us. A year from now, we might be ready for a capital campaign to fund our first phase of building, which we hope will commence sometime in 2013.
In the meantime, our Admin Team is looking hard at alternative meeting sites for the next couple of years, as the college is significantly increasing our rent. It would be wonderful to have a space we could use during the week, and we might need to consider a local school cafetorium. We need more visibility, and we will be open-minded and flexible. The church is the people – and we have the most beautiful and interesting church around!
Now is the time, friends, to celebrate our mission and keep our hope alive. “Our mission is to make God known by growing as disciples of Jesus Christ, building a community of Peace, and caring for the needs of others.” Sing it with your lives.
See God fill you with peace in abundance for all the trials of life,
Elizabeth
