Session Highlights - June 2026
When
we gathered as a session at the end of April, we began with prayer and spent
time reflecting on what it looks like to be a healthy church. In our study of Emotionally
Healthy Discipleship, the authors keep emphasizing: if a church is going to
be a place where people can be honest about their lives, that kind of
vulnerability has to be modeled by its leaders. It isn’t something we can ask
for if we aren’t willing to live it ourselves.
We
then moved into the sanctuary and took time to pray. We walked through the
room, pausing in different places and praying for people where they sit each
Sunday.
For
me, that was a needed moment. I realized I mostly sit in the front corner. And
while I recognize faces and I know names, I don’t always know which names belong
to which faces—especially those behind me. In that moment, I was able to more
effectively pray for those who sit in proximity to where I normally sit. It was
a simple reminder that being the church means we move toward one another, not
just stay in our familiar places.
We
also spent time talking through the life of the church, and we are thankful.
Thankful for the many ways people continue to show up and serve. The CROP Walk
was a clear example of that, with strong participation and support for others.
We see it in ongoing ministry connections, in the start of house groups, and in
the steady giving that supports the work here. These are not small things—they
are part of how God is working among us.
All
of it points to the same thing: God is at work here, often in quiet and steady
ways. We’re grateful for that, and we’re asking Him to keep shaping us into a
community that knows Him and knows one another more deeply.
We
closed our time, as we began it, in prayer.
Ray Jenks for the
Session
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