Pastor Hannah writes a letter to the congregation every month, which is published here and in the Newsletter.
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Pumpkin Patch
A desire to serve God through seeing our communities cared for, needs being met, and those people facing oppression receiving love, has grown within us. It has grown to such a level that it is pouring out of every heart, and we are doing what we can to serve the Lord.
For us, here at Sewickley UMC, October is the month where we will see the most visitors coming to our doorsteps and maybe even through our basement. Will it also be the month that we see the most people experience the love of Jesus, a change of heart, a forgiveness of sin, a desire to be in the presence of God?
What a beautiful season it has been to sit outside and watch the community flock to the pumpkin patch, watch the youth enter the doors of the haunted house with equal parts fear and excitement, and to smell the rotten pumpkins drifting through the air as I sit on my front porch. Wait, what!?!?
Jesus is there in gourds, in pumpkins, in swan necks, in mushrooms, in warty goblins, in snowballs, and in Frankenstein’s head.
Changemakers come in many shapes and sizes. Changemakers have a variety of responsibilities. Changemakers encompass a large age range and a large range of capabilities. The one thing all changemakers have in common is the willingness to serve. This is where I jump in and ask, “Are you willing to be a changemaker?”
As I sit to write the Pastor’s Peace for the November newsletter, it is only half-way through October. There are a few bold(ish) statements I would like to make in faith.
