Greetings!
Life is ordered by seasons, giving us rhythms and routines that we can count on and move us into new ways of understanding ourselves in relation to the world around us: seasons of the church year, seasons of nature, seasons of relationships and seasons of academic pursuits. As I look forward to a new school year starting up and a new program year for our church, I reflect on this past season of summer here at Fort King. Summer became a wonderful celebration of community as we gathered each Sunday for fellowship around food and friendships and heard from our different session ministries.
Fellowship is one of the most powerful signs of Christ’s resurrection in the early church. “All the believers were of one heart and mind,” experiencing a profound sense of unity, living and sharing in community (Acts 4:32).
We live in Christ and Christ lives in us. This participation in Christ enables us to have a part in his ministry.
ministry; in the world as a community joined together in love; knit together as one body. Fellowship of community is a divine blessing, it’s not something that we can create, but we can gladly nurture it once we are blessed with its presence.
The Sunday school coffee house hour became a time of being in community and fellowship, sharing our gifts and our hearts with one another. So many of you took part, sharing your willingness to lead, teach, and create. Many were involved in the setting up and in the clean up each week. You brought food to share. You shared gifts of music and art. And most importantly you shared your gift of being present. Thank you.
May we continue to find ways of growing in faith, hope and love, and becoming the community that we are called to be of mutual care, healing and hope.
Blessings,
Amanda
