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From the Pastor

From The Pastor:
The Christian writer, Donald Miller tells the story of a friend who volunteered at a church only a mile from his house. It was a large mega-church, with a very successful television ministry. The friend said his job was to usher people to their seats, which he enjoyed doing, until he was given a new and uncomfortable task. After he had been on the job for a while as an usher, he was asked to put some of the more “pleasant looking people” on the front rows, because these people were more likely to be caught in the picture when the camera panned down on the audience during the worship service. Can you imagine that? This was a church more concerned with how it looked then with what it was saying. In fact, I might argue that their actions spoke volumes about the shallowness of their faith and their misplaced priorities as a church. 
In the second chapter of the book of James, he tells us specifically not to take a wealthy person and seat him in a place of honor and leave a poor person in the back. That’s why Donald Miller concludes his story by saying, “I take this to mean that the church is a refuge where the kingdom of God is emulated, not mocked.” That’s what I am going to be talking about this Sunday as I continue my sermon series on the book of James. So, please join us for worship at either 8:00 am or 10:30 am.  
Pastor John
Quote of the Week
“With patient and firm determination we will press on until every valley of despair is exalted to new peaks of hope, until every mountain of pride and irrationality is made low by the levelling process of humility and compassion; until the rough places of injustice are transformed into a smooth plane of equality of opportunity; and until the crooked places of prejudice are transformed by the straightening process of bright-eyed wisdom.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., American Baptist Minister, led the struggle against racial discrimination in 1960s, inspiring supporters with the power of his rhetoric. He advocated the principle of non-violent protest, affirming that opposition should be tackled with compassion rather than aggression. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment to non-violent struggle in 1964.