01.15.08

The Call of Joy

Posted in General Blog Post at 6:51 pm by Pastor Don

Dear Friends:

Keeping warm? January makes us wonder doesn’t it? As I come to you, I’m making preparations for my time in Africa next month. I’m to be in Sierra Leone, West Africa. It is a country that the United Nations has called, by world standards, the most challenging country in which to live at this time.

In Sierra Leone, you will find poverty, hunger, and unemployment. But in the midst of it all, there will be joy. Joy is wherever Jesus is first, then others, and then yourself. You don’t need to be financially rich to be joyful. There’s a thought that states: “The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.” In Sierra Leone, many will state: “God is good all the time.” This is stated in spite of meals maybe once a day, in spite of severe hardship, in spite of severe poverty. Nevertheless, there is a joy that comes when Jesus comes first in our lives, and then others, and then ourselves. I wish you that joy!

Where is your joy? From where is it derived? Come on by. Let’s talk about it. The light is on and the coffee’s fresh.

Blessings to you, Pastor Don

01.07.08

New Beginnings

Posted in General Blog Post at 4:31 pm by Pastor Don

Dear Friends:

Continued good wishes for the New Year, a year of new beginnings. How are those new resolutions going? I hope well. As for me, I’m listening to the sermon that I gave yesterday. There was a challenge to read through the Bible in one year, and tools were given so as to accomplish it. If you’re interested, let me know, I’ll even give you a Bible just to get you going.

We continue to celebrate new beginnings here at NHUMC, whether it is in baptism or in reading the Word, or in developing a new or renewed relationship with Jesus Christ. When we move with God and God moves with us, all things are possible. The Apostle Paul states, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)

May you be open to the leading of God’s Way in your life. My best to you in your new beginnings. Come on by. The light’s on and the coffee’s fresh.

Your friend, Pastor Don