This past Monday, the electricity went out for a few hours at the church. At the time, I was preparing for a funeral, and fifteen minutes before the service started, the lights went out. I realized that many of the plans we had were going to change. The sanctuary was completely dark, and the microphones and videos were not going to work. Sometimes I fall into a trap... I start to think that the church is a building. It's easy to assume that if there are no lights, no microphones, no screens, then everything has to be canceled... However, this is never the case. The church is the people. When we gather together, Christ is with us. It is very convenient to have a building with electricity, but it is the people who create the church.
The funeral turned out to be a beautiful. We had to move a piano and set up chairs in the crossroads, but we had everything we needed and more. There was an opportunity to grieve, share memories, and celebrate the life.
There are so many moments where we lose sight of the things that really matter. The Bible says that God is bringing an abundant Kingdom of Heaven to this world. We can miss out on God's good gifts because we are too worried about our own plans falling apart.
This week in worship we are once again going back to our core values. We are taking time to think about serving others. When we see other people as part of the body of Christ, we live more fully into God's Kingdom. Instead of living only for ourselves, Jesus asks us to consider others. If we want to become great, God calls us to be a servant to all. I hope we can all ponder what it means to be a servant this week. I hope we can listen for God's Holy Spirit, and I hope we can open our hearts to all the Love that Jesus is sharing.
Blessings!
Pastor Brian
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