Pastor Chris' Letter February 2018


Dear Trinity,
A new year is in full swing and we will quickly be in the time of Lent. The season of Lent is a time to prepare our hearts for the celebration of Christ’s death and resurrection. This season begins with our celebration of Ash Wednesday February 14th at 6:30pm. This service reminds us of our humanity and that our time on earth is limited. Yes I know that this is Valentine’s Day and truthfully I think there could not be a better way to celebrate love than celebrating our humanity and God’s sacrificial love. As we hear in 1 John 4:1, “We love because he first loved us.”
This service will transition us into a new teaching series that we are calling “For.” This series will kick off a year-long initiative that helps us to refocus what it means to be the church. You see too often the church is known for what we are against. And the truth is this will be the way the media and society continue to portray the church for what they think we are against more than what we are for.
Because of this it brings us to ask ourselves two important questions. What is Trinity Church known for? And what do we want to be known for? Because of the nature and call of the local church I know that what we are called to be for is our community which is Kendallville. My hope for this study and the initiative that follows it is that we learn ways of being the church that show that we are truly for Kendallville.
I cannot begin to tell you how important it is that we become a church that is for our community. You see the problem with being known for what we are against makes people equate that we are against them. This stands in counterpoint to the mission of the church to share the good news of Jesus Christ, which is for all people. If we are a church that lives for its community, we defy what the world thinks of us and shows an unbelieving world that the God we worship is for them. I encourage you to join me as we look for ways as a church to change what we are known for so that we are seen as a church that truly is for Kendallville.


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