We gathered for a special worship on Sunday, featuring a special welcome for some older children who have "graduated" from our Children Worship & Wonder program and the return of the team from the annual mission trip. While there were some emotional prayer concerns from many in the congregation, I thought there were several moments of hope and joy.
We also continued our sermon series on the lessons we can learn from the early church described in the Acts of the Apostles. Building on last week's story of the healing of the lame man, we considered Peter's explanation of the meaning of that miraculous healing -- that it was only the most recent example of what the prophets all taught: that God wants to bless all people, by turning them from wrong ways toward right ones. This leads me to find two important lessons for the modern church in this old teaching -- we should be humble about our faith, and we should understand that God can and will use us as prophets from time to time to teach this important lesson about blessing and God's vision for humanity.
If you missed Sunday's sermon, if you'd like to listen to it again, or if you'd like to share it with others, you can find an audio recording here.
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