World Communion Celebration

October 2, 2009

Dear family and friends of WCPC:

We’re having a Rummage Sale tomorrow at WCPC from 7:00 a.m. till noon.  All week people have been dropping off their  stuff, which they don’t need any more,  which in the eyes of someone else will be a new found “treasure.”  It’s been interesting to walk through and see just what has come in and the many different tastes that people have for just about everything.

Half of the proceeds of the Rummage Sale will be used to assist the Montgomery County Homeless Coalition and the other half to support the WCPC Youth Ministry, primarily helping to reduce the costs of mission trips, Mo Ranch Conferences and retreats, so more kids can attend.

I won’t be here all morning tomorrow,  but I will drop by and it’s kind of fun to watch people taking  home stuff that they have “redeemed.” 

On Sunday we will be celebrating the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.  It’s World Communion Sunday and part of our focus will be on our many brothers and sisters, both in this country and in other lands who will also, at some point in the 24 hours of Sunday also celebrate this sacrament.

We believe that as we come to the table we are nurtured by the presence of the Holy Spirit, who in our midst reminds us of Christ’s sacrifice, our redemption through God’s grace, and God’s call to each of us to live lives worthy of the gospel.

God has redeemed us through the love and grace of Jesus Christ.   As Peter reminds us in his first letter, “Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”  (I Peter 2:10)

I would invite you to come to worship with a sense of gratitude to God for what God has done in Jesus Christ.  God has restored us to himself through Jesus Christ.  We have value and worth and our lives have purpose and meaning.

Thanks be to God!

My text for the message on Sunday is John 5: 1 – 9 and the title: “Do You Want to Get Well?.”  I invite you to give that question some thought as well.

           Your pastor,

           David Jones