Matters that Matter

Easter Sunday was such a beautiful and uplifting service, as it should be. A HUGE shout of thanks should go to Doug Ruffner, the Choir, and everyone who made that such a wonderful experience.

It was also notable that we had over 200 people in worship, which also contributed to the celebratory spirit of the service. It was great to see all of you!

In that spirit of exuberance, I want to take note that we would like to continue to expand the celebration and continue to invite friends, neighbors, and family to join us at church. This act of inviting people in is often referred to as (gasp!) evangelism.

I realize that Presbyterians have not always had a good experience of and relationship with evangelism. That is why I would like us to re-think what it means and how we do it.

As I mentioned on Sunday, evangelism can most simply be understood as telling others what we are excited about, at least in the context of God and the church. The word itself simply means, “good news.” What could be less intimidating and more energizing than telling somebody good news?

The problem is that we have been in our own rut in the church so long that we have forgotten how good, how wonderful, the news about Christ and his resurrection is! That is why, over the next few weeks, I am going to try and identify some things that are exciting about our faith, things that, I hope, will excite and energize us again.

I know how easy it is to get overwhelmed and over booked at this time of year, with vacations, graduations, weddings, and the like, but I hope you will make time to be with us as we look at those important “Matters that matter” over the next few weeks. I will look forward to being with you!

If you would like to view some of these sermons, you can go to our church web site and see them. Here is a link to the site: Matter that Matter