Reflections From Sunday Evening

They were looking in the right place but Jesus was not to be found among the dead. He is risen! He is not here! What a great message to incrrease our hope and deepen our faith. Today was a great day at church. Blessings on everyone who made this a meaningful moment in the presence of God.
We introduced our Faith in Action month and reminded everyone that on May 1-2 we will "take it to the streets" and serve Christ through ministries of service directed toward others. There will be a multitude of opportunities for everyone to give 3 hours or more during the weekend.
One service opportunity will be preparing meal packets. Numanna is the organization we will work with to provide meals for people in Haiti. Today we announced our goal of 285,000 meals. Together we can do this. The cost is $90,000. We entered the day with half that amount in hand and I look forward to seeing what our special offering provides. Again, together we can do this. If you have yet to participate consider yourself invited to do so in the coming days.
Today we were giving each family a food packet. I hope you will use this sometime in the next few days. Most of us had a special Easter dinner today - so it probably won't hurt to eat light this week. I would especially encourage you to have a meal of the Numanna food if you have children at home. The purpose of this is to help us become more aware of hunger in the world. When we eat this simple meal we will probably think it is barely adequate. The same meal will be received with joy and appreciation by hungry people in Haiti. I pray it help us stand in solidarity with the hungry and identify with those in need. Our intent is that the meal packet be a learning opportunity for you and an encouragement to participate in the service project and faith in action.
It's been a very good day. Cindy and I both have our families with us. Enjoying the afternoon after a great day at church. I hope you've had a good day too.
blessings,
steve