We are beginning a new year at Bluff Park UMC in prayer and mission! On Sunday morning, we will bless the backpacks of the children of our church and community as they get ready to go back to school. We will also have a time of prayer for the students, teachers, and staff! Our children will be introduced to their brand new educational space on the first floor on Sunday morning! I know they are all very excited to see what has been done!
In terms of mission and outreach, our children’s ministry staff worked with area churches to provide a meal and prayer to the staff and teachers at Bluff Park Elementary. We are also in the middle of a school supply drive for the Room 35226 project for local schools and for Little Imaginations Preschool. In addition to this, our church has already picked up close to 200 shoeboxes for Christmas gifts to children. We have many more boxes so come by on Sunday to pick them up from the Narthex!
Finally, we are finishing the summer sermon series on the Apostles’ Creed this weekend. I hope it has been a blessing to all of you as I know it has been to me. I have been so amazed at how the Creed tells the story of our faith and how it helps us to put into a few words the grand and wonderful way in which God has shown love and poured out grace upon us all. Over and over again, I see the connection between who God is and how God has worked in the world and in our lives to give us life. When we meet on Sunday morning, we will hear about the resurrection of our bodies and the life everlasting (eternal life). This is a hope and promise that we lean towards; however, it is also a gift for the here and now. It is true life connecting to the Source of Life — being in a deep and meaningful relationship with God, a caring and uplifting relationship with others, and a pathway of finding our own way to live out our calling in ways that make a difference in the world.
May you enjoy the fullness of life that God offers to each and every one of us!
~Mike
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