Will You Do Your Part?

Before worship this last Sunday, there were many members who shared in a prayer walk around the church inviting the presence of the Holy Spirit to be present in every space and moment. Each of us walked silently in prayer covering  various parts of the church knowing that within an hour those spaces would be filled with hearts for God. 

After praying through the sanctuary, I headed downstairs. As I began to walk there, I found my prayers to be mainly prayers of gratitude.

-I was grateful for the confirmation room filled with couches which would soon be filled with

   6th graders and their parents. It is a nice space.

-I felt gratitude as I prepared to walk into the 5th grade Sunday School classroom. Hanging on

    the wall near the door was a sheet of paper listing the SS teachers’ names...Ken Evancic, 

    Dave Coleman,  and next--two of our youth Billy Kepler and Luke Anderson. I was so grateful

    for a classroom where our  youth were serving as leaders.

-I was grateful when I saw on the wall of the 4th grade SS class a memory wall of pictures of

   past 4th grade classes.

I headed up the stairs…

-praying with thanks for a warm and welcoming chapel where in a few hours several people

   of the Chinese community would be there praising God in their native language.

-Next door I walked into the large classroom where tables were set with Bibles and hymnals

   ready for the arrival of many of our senior members who would be praying, studying and 

   singing praises to God.

-I prayed through the small “cry room” where parents could still be a part of worship on the

   large television screen thanks to technology.

Finally I headed back to the sanctuary.

Because of the generosity of many throughout the years, we are blessed to have so many places of opportunity to worship, to study, to pray and to sing. Now this opportunity sits with the hearts of everyone who is a part of Carmel United Methodist Church today. Our forefathers and foremothers brought us this far to God’s glory. Now it is our turn. The question is for each of us…

--Will I do my part?

--Through my giving, will I express enough gratitude to God for the many blessings 

           I have received?

--Through my giving, will I demonstrate to God that I understand that all that I have is

           His and I am simply managing what He gives?

The relationship we have to our money and possessions directly reflects our place of discipleship. May we always be growing disciples of Jesus Christ.  

Blessings, Patti