The Hub, Feb. 14, 2019
As I enter my new call as your Associate Pastor, I’ve been thinking a great deal about connectedness. With Pastor Anne, Council and the Call Committee, I’ve actively considered how my past ministry relates to and will benefit our current shared ministry. I’ve been reunited with old friends at Christ Lutheran. I’m meeting new ones, and I am finding people who know other people I also know from past work and friendships. Soon, our Germanna Conference Dean, the Rev. Michael Church, will come to preside at my installation. Episcopal, Lutheran as well as other ecumenical and secular friends and neighbors will be invited to join us. It reminds me of how connected we remain in this world; bound up by God’s creation and love. We are part of something God is doing much bigger than ourselves!
And so, how appropriate it is that we kick off this new email communication with you during this time of growth and change. For those who are here weekly or only as able, for those near and far, Pastor Anne and I hope the email’s weekly contents will bless you not just with news but also faith formation; something to think about as individuals and in family settings. In the end, Connections might be just one more small thing to help bind us together with God as our hub. As the Psalmist reminds us, “How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!” (Psalm 133:1).
Originally published in the Hub, a weekly email of Christ Lutheran Church, Fredericksburg, VA.
Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations for this article are from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) translation.
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