Happy Friday everyone!
Vacation Bible School begins NEXT week! Thank you to all of you who are working with Meredith LaBonte to minister to our kids and their friends. Please pray for the children who will attend and the adults/teens who will be working with them. If you have any questions, please contact Meredith.
As some of you have heard, Carol Avila’s mom had a stroke this week. She is recovering well, but along with the situation with Izzy’s dad, the Avilas have had a tough week! Please pray for Izzy’s dad’s continuing recovery and Carol’s mom’s recovery, as well.
We’re continuing to collect shoes for International Christian Adoptions. All children’s sizes are needed. Let’s try to move our “barometer” a little higher this week! If you have any questions, please contact Mike DeWit.
If you are anything like me, you have been glued to the news out of Charleston. Nine people murdered in their church during a Bible study. Four of them were pastors. Today the news reported that the assailant confessed and said he hoped to spark a race war. If you are looking for resources to help understand the big issues of race and ethnicity, I would recommend you listen to a recent presentation by Ligon Duncan (with responses by Carl Ellis and Brian Cosby) about the PCA and our complicity in the sin of racism. It’s long (more than an hour and half), but it gives some good context to the issues that our own denomination is facing now. You should also listen to or watch the conversation between John Piper, Tim Keller, and Anthony Bradley on “Race and the Christian.”
I look forward to worshipping with you on Sunday!
In Christ,
Eric Landry
