Thursday, April 23, 2015

April 2015 - Our First Blog

     It is an exciting time to be serving the Lord!  Both Rosedale United Methodist Church and Verona United Methodist Church are launching new websites.  As a part of this effort, I will be posting a weekly blog about what we will celebrate and study in worship, as well as what is happening around us.

     This is a new experience for me; I have never written a blog before.  My goal is to use this writing to focus on our spiritual journeys, as we learn and grow together in Christ.  I hope that you will join me on this journey of faith.  I pray that our journey will be filled with wonderful surprises and lots of love.

     Love will be our theme for the month of May.  We will focus on the great love of God and how that love transforms us.  Additionally, we will celebrate the Ascension of the Lord on May 17th and Pentecost on May 24th.  On May 31st, we will examine what it means to be “born again.”  I am looking forward to an exciting month in worship.

     It is a time of many changes.  We are called to be continually growing in the Lord.  I challenge you to allow God to transform you through the study of the Word, through worship, and through prayer.  I pray that we burst forth in blossom just as nature is bursting forth all around us.

     The bright colors of spring show us a lot about God’s love for us.  God could have created the world in black and white and we never would have known the difference.  I often think about that, and I dream of the many new colors that we will see in Paradise.

     How great is God’s love for us!  God is love and we are loved.  It is our calling to share that love with others both nearby and far away.  That is why we come together as a community of faith.

     I hope and pray that you will know God’s love in an ever more powerful way.  Watch for the new blog the first week of May.

     Blessings!

     Pastor Linda