November 2014 – Pastor Eric’s Letter

Sharing…

At it’s very beginning the Church was about sharing. That’s because Jesus emphasised it. And Je-sus was reasserting the value that God always emphasised which was that people were to look after one another and especially the strangers or foreigners that somehow ended up living with them because they were strangers and foreigners themselves at one time. And, they were to take care of the orphans and widows which is sort of the same thing.

Isn’t it great that this value is still at the core of who we are as St. Peter and Trinity and Waverly and as the Circle of Faith parish and as individual disciples. It shows that God’s Word has been pro-claimed and heard and followed, through the years, in our lives and communities. So we see peo-ple sharing their time and abilities to teach and learn and sing and clean and fix and think and plan and organize and read and play and prepare food and pray and help. And we see people sharing their money to be used for heating and seating and hearing and witnessing and feeding and wor-shiping and healing and helping.

This is light for the darkness that is in the world and in us and this is salt that gives life to what is lifeless around us.

Thanks for being that much needed salt and light,

Eric Midthun

Associate pastor, Circle of Faith Parish