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A MESSAGE FROM THE PASTOR
"Wear and Tear Means Life"I was thinking about this the other day, what does not get older? Something that is dead. Because we live, we get older and becoming older brings "wear-n-tear". My body reminds me about wear-n-tear as we age every time I play Duck-Duck-Goose with my son and his friends. The knees and back are not as agile as before but at least I still can play. What a joy it has been for our church to host a Vacation Bible School this past July. This year's theme was "Crocodile Dock! Where Fearless Kids Shine God's Light". We sang, played, read the Bible, made arts-n-crafts, ate snacks and had tons of fun while we learned about God's presence in our lives. Our Church had around 40 kids, 15 teenagers and over 25 adult volunteers running all around. Our Sanctuary, Jones Hall and Education buildings were buzzing with God's children running and laughing. I must admit, we got the buildings a little dirty, and they took a little more wear and tear than usual. We also ended up going over our V.B.S budget. So the question must be asked, is it worth it? The alternative to me is that we can maintain cleaner buildings, give our adult volunteers a much needed week off and save some money by not doing VBS. The Sanctuary, Jones Hall and Education buildings could have stayed cleaner and nicer looking and everything would have stayed about the same. But would we be following our mission? Key West United Methodist Church mission says we are a "People alive in Jesus Christ, growing through dynamic worship, nurturing programs, and loving service to others". Brothers and sisters God has given our church and its members so much and we are a blessed congregation for it. V.B.S was a wonderful week of sharing God's love. But this type of sharing and loving can not be just one week a year. We would love to continue our children's programs by providing them a quality Sunday school and Children's Church, but we are in need of volunteers. Our Church is contemplating ending our Children's Sunday School hour because of a lack of volunteers. If you can give one Sunday a month to help share God's love with some messy, smelly, active and loving children, call me at the church office and tell me you want to bring some "Life" to our church buildings. Our buildings, as beautiful as they are, must continue to show life. If not then we are a dying church. I am reminded of this saying about life; First I was dying to finish high school and start college. And then I was dying to finish college and start working. And then I was dying to marry and have children. And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough for school so I could return to work. And then I was dying to retire. And now, I am dying .... And suddenly I realize I forgot to live. --Anonymous I want to thank all that participated, helped, cleaned, passed the word around town, gave financial support or simply allowed us to do V.B.S. for bringing life back to our church! Living in His Grace! Pastor Ruben |