I just wanted to remind you all about our Sunday plans. Last week, we finished our Summer Sessions. We had a really great summer being back in person and talking about gospel basics. Starting this week at 10:30AM, we are going back to a more normal Sunday gathering. I’m very excited to be together with you all and get back into the book of Luke (don’t forget your Luke booklet if you still have it).
Before we meet together this week, I’d like you to spend a bit of time and think about how lucky we are to gather as the people of God. We aren’t just a group of friends getting together around a common interest. Something deeper happens when we gather as the church. Mike Cosper has a great little blurb:
“Theologian Jeremy Begbie calls the church gathering an ‘echo from the future,’ a foretaste of something we’ll see come to fruition when Christ returns and all things are made new, a not-yet life that we taste in part already. Today, we gather in exile, in the world but not of it, but one day the exile will end. God will rebuild creation, and not one corner of it will be stained by sin and rebellion. Until then, we have these momentary and imperfect glimpses and foretastes as we gather, hear the Word, and respond together. As flawed and imperfect as these gatherings are, they’re the most truthful moment of our week, an outpost of the kingdom of God, and a foretaste of eternity.”
I look forward to seeing you all on Sunday morning for “a foretaste of eternity.”
—Pastor Jon