As we enter into the summer, full blast, I am excited by a couple of things. We will be moving ahead on the building program and having meetings to help us focus on the design of the new fellowship hall and what a remodeled fellowship hall might look like.
We are continuing to try to reach our goal on the money we need to move ahead. This is an act of faith, I believe, in a shaky economy. We are also putting together a 50th Anniversary celebration committee to move us ahead for 2009 and 2010.
We are moving ahead with plans for new small groups and other ministries in the fall along with some real strides in Family Ministry. As Holy Trinity “gets older” it is also working at getting younger or renewing itself. This is a good process. I believe that we are incredibly blessed, because we have the freedom to do all of this work without worry of persecution or being arrested.
The freedom we have in the USA is something we all take for granted, but is something that is a gift and has been for only a relatively short time. Freedom demands our vigilance and our concern. Freedom also challenges us to respond to our responsibility to our neighbors and our communities.
Within this freedom we proclaim Christ crucified and risen again. We proclaim new life for all who would
follow Him. What a gift we have. Celebrate that gift this month of July.
