First Christian Church, Flora, Indiana

May, 2010

Can you feel the change? Spring is here and summer can’t be very far behind. Look around and you see farmers in the fields, flowers blooming and baseball fields filled with kids. It is the time of year when we are given so many opportunities to do things outdoors, but we need to remember to keep a few hours each week for being inside . . . inside the church on Sunday morning.

I can not imagine a life without the church. It is there that I find strength and affirmation. I am able to seek out answers to questions and am surrounded by people who love the Lord. This past month, the church has been full. With Easter, Holy Humor Sunday, baptisms, and other special events, many have found it hard not to be in church. Now, we enter the time of year when the major holidays are over . . . we slip in to a time of solitude. But, we also worship a Savior who has risen from the grave. Our song, “Every Morning is Easter Morning” says it all! Yes, the “big” days may be over for a while, but our spirit is being fed by the loving God we call Father. I will see you in church on Sunday.

We welcome into our church family 4 persons and I encourage you to meet them, get to know them, and become friends. On April 18, we baptized Molly and Lily and they both felt the love of God, and His spirit in their lives. These two young girls will be nurtured by our church for  many years as they walk the walk of Jesus. Adam transferred his membership to First Christian, and Therinda accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior and was baptized on May 2.

We rejoice in the decisions these have made and we encourage them to get to know god even better. The best way we can do that is by being there for them, and sharing our story. God bless all of you as we do that.

Pastor Woody