Connected

“All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.” 1 Cor. 12:27 NLT

Over the past few weeks, I have been amazed at the power of connecting. Life and power come from connecting with God and each other. Here are some examples of the power of connecting…

Aimee Simons, our new Children’s Director, has developed a team of more than a dozen individuals who are willing to work in the Nursery during our Sunday morning services. Aimee made contact with these folks and asked them to help. There’s power in connecting!

Tracey Zimmerman, our Youth Director, had a “holy nudge” to have a prayer service after the tragic accident, which took the lives of the four young men from our community. Tracey put a blurb about the prayer service on Facebook and the next evening AUMC’s Sanctuary was filled to overflowing with hurting folks who wanted to gather to pray and remember these young men. There’s power in connecting!

A group of guys got together recently and made some repairs on the house of one of our widows. The materials were paid for by one of our Sunday School classes. Because of those repairs, the house will now be winterized by a federal grant. There’s power in connecting!

A few days ago, we were in need of a lot of breakfast food to feed around 100 hungry college students who had gathered for Christian Campus House. We sent out an e-mail and made a plea for help during service and you provided enough food to feed all those students. There’s power in connecting!

This past Sunday at a Pie Auction after the Carry-in there were 75 donated pies auctioned off by Gary Crum and Walt Krohn. Over $ 5,000 was raised which will go to help pay for the Bell Choir’s bells to be refurbished. There’s power in connecting!

At our Unity Service, five young people confessed their faith in Jesus as their Savior and Lord.  They wanted to make their confession because of the investment of family, friends, Sunday School teachers, and Youth team members, which God used in a powerful way in their lives. There’s power in connecting!

Because there’s power in connecting, it is important to ask ourselves a couple of questions…

1.)   Have I connected to God today through worship, prayer, and being in the word? (We serve others best when we are serving out of the overflow of what God is doing in our own lives.)

2.)   Who is God calling me to connect with in a life giving, life transforming way? (There is someone God is calling each of us to connect with and we will be missing out on some of the joy God has for us if we miss the connection.)

Brothers & Sisters let’s remember there’s power in connecting!

All for Jesus,
Pastor Tim
Amzd2t@live.com