Dear First Church,
We are so excited to welcome Rev. Chris Long to First Church this month! While Rev. Chris will not be preaching until September, he will be with us on Sundays beginning in August. We hope you’ll take the chance to say hello and welcome him to the First Church community.
Our theme for August is “Becoming,” fitting as we explore who we are becoming as a community with the new ministry team. Who are you becoming in these late days of summer? What dreams have you realized, and what dreams are just taking shape? How has loss changed you? Where do you see your next cycle of learning and growth taking you, your family, and your community?
Every day as we interact with other people, as we grow and age, as we learn and lose, we become. As Octavia Butler wrote, “Everything you touch, you change. Everything you change, changes you. The only lasting truth is change. Shape change.“
We are becoming, First Church, individually, as a community, and as a society. With every move we make we, shape change and become. Let us choose to shape change with love.
Love,
Rev. Jennifer
Rev. Jennifer Nordstrom, Senior Minister