Sunday, January 15, 2017

Human Relations Sunday
8:30 Worship Traditional with Communion
9:30 Sunday School (Children and Adults)
10:30 Worship Traditional 

This coming Sunday is Human Relations Day and is observed the Sunday before Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday observance. This day calls the Church to recognize the rights of all God’s children to realize their potential and sacred worth as human beings in relationship with one another. You can find out more here. 

As new leaders and committee/team members take their role in this new year, may we be mindful of this sacred relationship we have with each other as the body of Christ. May we as a church do all that we can to support the leaders and committee/team members of our church by prayerfully offering the following:

1. Pray for them and our church.
2. Respect each person as a gift from God. 
3. Offer grace and understanding. 
4. Offer support with encouraging words.
5. Offer helping hands.
6. Offer ideas.
7. Offer constructive criticism with carefully chosen words. 
8. Be sensitive.
9. Listen attentively.
10. Offer empathy. 
11. Be self-aware of our own emotions. 
12. Put ourselves in the other person’s position.

This new year, may we seek God’s help to guide us in words and actions to make our relationships, our lives, our churches, our workplaces, and our communities places of grace and hope. May we truly reflect Christ to the world around us. Amen

If you would like a copy of our church leaders and committee members for this year, you may download a copy from our website. You may also download a copy of the roles and responsibilities of each of the committees. 

This past Sunday, we recognized the Baptism of our Lord. We were also privileged to celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Baptism of a child while reaffirming our own. Our message was from Acts 10:34-43. This next Sunday our message will come from 1 Corinthians 1:1-9. 

See you Sunday! 

Sela