Who Are You???

Since we went to two services in January of 2008, I have had one continuing problem with the format. We don’t get to have a family reunion each week! You know what I mean. There are people in the early service that the late service people don’t get to see every week and vice versa. It is a struggle for me and I am in BOTH services. However, I am not complaining! Since the decision was made to go to two services, our attendance has doubled and God has richly blessed our congregation. That being said, there are many of you who don’t know who the other one is!! Am I right?

That is why we are in the process of having a family photo album made for our church family! Hopefully by now many of you have already had your picture taken. Perhaps many of you have an appointment set to do so. However, I am sure there are some who have simply decided not to be a part of our album. Maybe you think you are too busy, you don’t like the way you look, or you simply have not signed up! If you are making excuses like any I have listed, then please, please, please call Church Designs at (903) 670-3286 and ask them to sign you up for a time during the weekend of July 9-11. I don’t want to have an incomplete photo album, and if you are not in it then we will be missing something very important!

So now that I have said all of that . . . if someone comes up and asks you, “Who are you?” and you are not in the family album, it is YOUR fault! How is that for a guilt trip?

We are right in the middle of a busy summer. We have already sent a group of teenagers to Super Summer and had a fantastic Vacation Bible School. Now we are gearing up for pre-teen and youth camps and our mission trip to New Mexico. I hope you are keeping all of these groups in your prayers as they travel and are asking that God will do incredible things in their midst! I also know it is a busy time for families to be traveling. I love vacation as much as anyone else. I hope you enjoy whatever or wherever you get to go this year! But with people traveling that means there are empty spots in worship and Sunday School. So if you are in town, make sure you are filling a spot as we worship together. If you are not here, I am convinced you are missing a blessing and the privilege of worshipping God in a corporate setting!

On a final note, I would like to say a big THANK YOU for the unbelievable expressions of love so many of you showed my family, as we celebrated our ten year anniversary here in Grandview! It is an honor to be called to serve our God, but it is a privilege to get to serve in such a loving and dynamic congregation! Thank you not only for the day of celebration, but also for the wonderful ten years you have been a part of our lives!

God is so good!