Pigs and Pebbles

I hope that you are keeping cool during this hot weather.  One thing I like to do while I am keeping cool is to listen to some good music.  This week, I have been listening to the music for Vacation Bible School.  It is awesome!  It will be great to share the music with the children during the week of August 10th-14th at Verona UMC from 6:00 PM-8:30 PM.  Please encourage the children you know to come and participate in VBS.  We will have a lot of fun together!

We are also going to have some fun in worship this week.  The sermon title is "Pigs and Pebbles."  The challenge is to figure out what pigs and pebbles have to do with our Scripture lesson from Ephesians 4:1-16.  Here is a hint:  If you follow the pig, you will have some neat pebbles and some great experiences.  You will have to come to worship for that to make sense.

Seriously, though, we are considering the gifts that God gives to build up the Body of Christ.  Each of us is gifted; each of us is called to serve the Body of Christ and to work to advance God's Kingdom.  The theme song for Vacation Bible School puts it like this:

We have his love, His gift of faith;
Saved by God's amazing grace. 
Go, help, share, serve,
Giving God the glory!

So, this week, consider your gifts and how you can use those gifts to serve others.  As you pray, ask God to show you what you can do to build up the Body of Christ.  Search God's heart for how you can share the love of Christ with a world in need.

The theme for Vacation Bible School this year is Camp Discovery.:  Jesus at Work through Us.  May you truly discover Jesus and may he work through you now and always.

We gather together each week to celebrate God's presence and to build each other up in the Lord.  Come and catch the excitement.  Share the fun! 

Blessings!
Pastor Linda