From Our Senior Pastor

As I walk through these buildings, especially in the evenings, I am thankful to my Lord for all the ministry going on. The Girl Scouts are now meeting here on Thursdays and they had a very large group! On Tuesday our Cub Scouts boasted 100 in attendance, and our Boy Scouts continue to meet at the Boy Scout Hut on Mondays. What makes me so proud of our scouts is their emphasis on completing the God and Country programs.

The Women’s Bible Study Fellowship that meets on Monday nights is scanning the church for more classroom space as they are expecting many new enrollments which should push them to an average of 100 attending. Support groups meet up here regularly, and three of our newer ones, Grief Share, Alzheimer’s Support, and Border Line Personality Support, are offering an intimate setting where the love of Christ can be shared. There are multiple other groups doing the work of Christ, from our Cancer Care Ministry, to those engaged in knitting prayer shawls, etc, etc. It truly an amazing thing to witness, from our generous Food Pantry Ministry providing both food and prayer for their needy clients, to seeing our Methodist Youth Fellowship recently surpass 80 in attendance in their march toward having 100 youth present.

Let’s keep reaching beyond our walls as well. One way to do this is through our offering to the Methodist Children’s Home on Sept. 19. Another way is to make sure we give generously so our church can catch up and pay 100% of our world service offerings (apportionments).

There are lots of “one hundreds” in this article. God is carrying many ministry and service areas to new heights, and just like we paid 100% of our world service funds last year, we should commit to doing so again in 2010.

Brian T. Butler