Our first weekend of re-located worship went well! We heard in our Gospel reading from Mark 6 about Jesus sending the disciples out with nothing--no money, no bread, no change of clothes. He sent them out with nothing really ‘cept for the grace of God. And truly that’s all that’s needed. Being in the Fellowship Hall we had a chance to reflect on the beginnings of our church since this was OSLC’s original sanctuary, and how it was all started by a handful of brave souls with nothing much to start with ‘cept for the grace of God. With God leading a whole lot of hard work, effort, sweat, money, care, and prayer, they built a church. And all that hard work, care, prayer has continued on since then through our current work of re-tiling the church and refreshing the sanctuary for what’s ahead. By God’s grace, good things are happening!
Everyone fit in the sanctuary at both of services, and there were still chairs to spare (a few more of them on Saturday night). So don’t stay away, there is room for you! And people were commenting that the Fellowship Hall worship was “fun.” Being closer together made for some terrific singing. Ryan also had us singing some great hymns, including several that had been sent in as favorites. More of those requested favorites to come in weeks ahead.
Back to the note of hard work, effort, sweat, care . . . a few more thank yous this week to those who have giving so much of those things lately, especially Greg Miller (deconstruction), Mark Davia and Ron Lindner (electrical work and more), and cleaning angel Maureen Murphy for making the windows sparkle.
See below for a few pictures of worship in the Fellowship Hall.
God’s Grace and Peace,
Pastor Shelly
“My grace is sufficient for you”, says the Lord. (2 Cor. 12:9)
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