I've been thinking about...

...Fill in the Gaps Sunday!

For the last five weeks we have filled up the sheets of paper in Fellowship Hall. We declared January 2009 as Church History Month at Encanto, and we hung up one huge sheet of paper for each of the seven decades in the history of this congregation. Week by week those sheets have been filling up with the stories and memories and details that come together to make up the story of the Encanto Community Church.

Some of the things written on those sheets are silly (like my parents sneaking away on their visit to write down events from their lives) and some are serious (like the members of this church building the sanctuary brick-by-brick in the 1950’s). Some are global events (like World War II) and some are particular to this very place (like the names of beloved Sunday School teachers throughout the years). All of those events swirl together to make up the story of the faith here at Encanto.

So today we are going to celebrate everything that has been written down and see if we can’t unearth a couple of extra stories and details to help us Fill In The Gaps.
Immediately after worship please join us in Fellowship Hall for a special Coffee Hour where we will literally walk from sheet of paper to sheet of paper, read what each one says, and add any other stories, details, or events that we might have forgotten. This is our chance to fill in the living history of this church. And, it is going to be a lot of fun!

As we trace the stories of this congregation we will begin to see certain patterns and trends. We will come to understand the identity of this church a little more clearly. And we will recognize the ways that God has walked with us in the past, and walks with us still. Thanks be to God for the glorious history of this congregation! Now help me fill in the gaps!

Yours in the journey, Rev. Brian