Dear Friends,
Sitting at our Church Council meeting this past Sunday, I found myself being struck by what good folks we have here. During worship we listened to four people from the congregation share briefly about their lives and stories.
It showed courage for people to share in worship as they have this past Sunday and every time someone from among us gets up and shares their heart, their faith, their lives. It changes us.
At the Church Council meeting we made a new friend, Alex (friend of our chairperson Jeanne MacVicar). Alex talked about wanting to make things better in the world, and we engaged a conversation about how one changes systems.
On a little piece of paper in front of me I wrote: “Friendship.” Friendship is a powerful political force. It is how and why changes can be made and changes are made. And rather than just friendship across seats of power, the church, OUR church has lots of power to build connections between peoples across boundaries and walls, which can and will change the world.
Keep tellin’ the Story,
Mike
Enjoy this rendition of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from Prairie Home Companion.
Here are the four takeaways from this week’s Loop:
- Friendship is a powerful political force we are building here at First Church.
- It started at a Church Council Meeting.
- Someone outside the congregation shared in Church Council.
- New friends were made as people shared stories in worship.