The number 13 has shown up prominently in two exciting places this week at First Christian Church Scottsdale.
On Saturday we will have 13 members of our church heading over to Sun City Christian Church. Our brothers and sisters in faith in Sun City are hosting an event with the Rev. Dr. Dick Hamm, the former General Minister and President of our fair denomination. Dr. Hamm will be leading an event titled, Recreating the Church: Leadership for the Postmodern Age.
I’m excited to be there for the event (I’ve had the privilege of seeing Dr. Hamm lead similar programs on congregational vitality and he is terrific!), but I’m even more excited that we’ll have such broad representation from our congregation as well. I’m sure there will be good things to share from Saturday’s event and I look forward to bringing those good words back to you!
Speaking of sharing, we kicked off our new caring ministry “Mission Nutrition” this past Wednesday. Mission Nutrition is kind of like our church’s version of Meals-on-Wheels. Church members will be delivering a home cooked meal to our homebound members, folks recovering from recent hospital stays, and to members who could use a hand.
On the first day of the program I’m proud to share that Mission Nutrition delivered…can you guess the number…that’s right 13 hot meals! Special thanks to Melissa Wise for not only developing the program, but for preparing the meal as well. Special thanks also go out to the whole team of volunteers who helped cooked, organize, make phone calls, deliver the meals, and do all of those things behind the scenes to make for the successful launch of this new ministry!
Yours in the journey, Rev. Brian
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