Between now and August 15^th, 10% will be given back to our church when you shop at Rural King.  All you have to do is go online at www.ruralking.com and click the Church Week link and enter your information from your receipt. If you have questions, please call Erika. Thank you!

“The Courage of Waiting”

Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
    all you who wait for the Lord. [Psalm 31:24]

We so often busy ourselves,
    with anxious activity
    that only stirs, never stills
        and call it “productivity.”

Waiting is the posture of Sabbath-like resistance
    refusing to be a cog in the machine,
        to be a “team player.”

Waiting trusts that the answers
    don’t come from us.

In a world frenetic with busy-ness
    this kind of stillness
        takes courage,
        faith in the Creator –
        who keeps creating,
        who keeps providing,
        who keeps finding,
        who keeps restoring.

It takes courage to sit long enough
    to face the truth about ourselves,
    to be confronted with the world as it is –
        not as we wished it would be.
    After all, this isn’t our world,
        so maybe the Author should get the chance to speak.

Waiting takes courage,
    yet it’s the way to real;
    it’s our chance to notice, to receive,
        to get tangled up in the truth:
God is love;
God is enough;
God in Jesus Christ.

Be strong and let your heart take courage,
    all you who wait for the Lord.

• Pastor Ty

Would you like to enroll in E-Tithing?  E-Tithing is an automatic withdrawal from your checking account and is remitted automatically to the church.   We can set it up so it will deduct from your checking account on the 1^st and/or the 15^th of each month.  Contact the church office for more information!