Chairman’s Report

We're Being Watched...!
Hopefully the groundhog was having a bad morning when predicting 6 more weeks of winter. This winter has been anything but winter-like as we race toward spring and our holiest of times---the Easter Season.

Our trustees have been busy having the windows in the nave area around the altar replaced. We also installed another set of doors on the school building entrance --a vestibule area -- to save energy and allow for a tad more security. When you see a trustee give them a nice thank you for all the things they've been doing to keep the physical plant looking good and operating well. We'll see if we can do a few more things and we'll keep you posted.

Since the weather seems so inviting, let's remember that Lenten services aren't meant to be in the normal genre of our regularly scheduled Wednesday services which are a convenient way to attend church if you work on weekends, or are going to be out of town, or need a 2PM service for physical reasons, etc. Lenten services are meant to be a "time" to prepare us for Christ's Passion and the Salvation He created dying for us and rising again. Instead of giving up sugar, alcohol or some other sacrifice, let's "sacrifice" some "time" and jam the Lenten services each Wednesday. Pastor con-ducts a nice vespers type service if you need to attend during the daylight hours at 2PM and of course we have our usual 7PM service at which you can enjoy singing. Both services have a weekly lesson to prepare us for Holy Week. Lenten services aren't just for the "Wednesday crowd"; we should see the same type of attendance statistics as we see on a Sunday. Lent and Easter are what separate Christians from, well, chaff in some cases. It's who and what we confess -- Christ crucified. The cross is what we preach and it's a stumbling block and offensive to many.

Our church provides the place and time for us to "seek the Lord"; it's our job to look for God and seek Him out. It's our job to gather as friends to enjoy the company of saints as a big Christian family. Psalm 14 is an interesting short chapter and verse 2 reads: "The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God."

We're being watched. God is looking right at us.

– Paul Klemash