An evolving congregation

A congregation is an ever-growing, ever-changing living thing.
God is constantly at work, adapting us to do His Will,
Calling us to respond to what is needed at the time.

Like the clay that the potter gently and skillfully remolds (Jer 18),
God is continually at work in us, among us, and through our church
Re-forming us to be the useful tool He needs for His current work.

Our task is not to mourn the loss of members who had a certain skill,
Our task is to discover what skills God has introduced by way of new members
Or is developing as new blessings within our present church family.

A cherished ministry runs into a dead end and can’t continue.
Do we focus on reviving it, or do we look for the open doors and
The beaconing hand showing us tomorrow’s opportunity?

Celebrating what God has done in us is always a right thing to do.
Honoring our Father for the ways He has blessed us brings glory to Him.
Remembering his tender hand and constant presence is refreshing.

But as we look back, let’s not be fixated on the shape of our history.
Let us not yearn for the past. Let us instead look to the future with joy
And invigorated faith, knowing that our God is mighty and He is able.

Our God is not the Has Been – He is and will always be the I AM.