From the Pastor

We all know broken people and all of us are broken in one way or another, and yes, some more than others. The Good News is that Jesus had compassion for broken people. The ministry of Jesus with broken people is an affirmation of the Old Testament declarations about God being on the side of those in need and without power. The prophet Jeremiah critiques those who misuse power and become evildoers who neglect and oppress the most vulnerable in society (Jeremiah 20:13).

Jesus invites you and me to labor for the kingdom to bring about healing and wholeness and offering friendship to broken people (Matthew 9:35-36). God invites us to go to those who lack healing and friendship. By the Holy Spirit, we are empowered to be coworkers of Jesus in God’s ministry to broken people.

In the bond of peace and love, the Holy Spirit unites us to God the Father and the Son.  The Holy Spirit also unites us to one another (2 Corinthians 11:11-13).  We are caught up in the move of God’s desire to have fellowship with us through Christ and the leading of the Holy Spirit.

God is open to friendship with us, invites us to participate in the move of God’s love in the world by sharing God’s love with the world.  May we invite others to commune with God and others through Christ and the Holy Spirit.  May we keep fulfilling the great commission to go into all the world to make disciples and baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.