Thanks for visiting our updated website!  I’ll be sharing some

thoughts and inviting you to do the same. If you’d like to talk

about what you read, contact me at pastorbev@chiquesumc.org.

     The  Pastor’s Page

It has been said that our calling from God is found where our passion intersects the world’s needs.

What things are you passionate about?  Children?  Food?  Home? Education? Peace? Nature?

                                                                         Justice?  Family? Animals? Health? Other ideas?

Take some time to think about what stirs you enough that you are willing to go out of your way to do something about it. That would be a passion for you.

Now think about the world’s needs. What needs do you notice- Around you? On the news? In conversations? Where could something you are passionate about help to meet one of those needs? This would be a ministry area for you.

As you think about these questions, pray for God to point out to you what God would like you to do about the answers you find. Keeping your heart and mind open for God to speak to you will help. If you’d like to talk about what God is saying to you, I’d be happy to hear from you.

Next time we’ll be thinking about what it means to be called as a congregation, a community.

In my own life, God’s call to me has taken on different “applications” over time, but the central call has always been to care about and care for real people in their real lives of struggles, joys, growth, and change – to help them see themselves as God’s beloved children. God’s call to our congregation will also change in applications, but remain grounded in a central focus. It is exciting to approach our planning from the viewpoint of doing what God wants us to do! The Bible tells us that God wants to give us “a future with hope,” and that when we seek God with all our hearts we will find God.(Jer. 29:11-13)

 What are you hearing from God? Keep listening and be in touch.

Blessings,

Pastor Bev