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Messages from the Pastor

Spring Renewal

3/24/2022

 
Rev Judith Cooke
Ah, springtime! The weather is getting warm, gardens will soon be planted, and the world will become green soon. After the dormancy of winter, new life is happening all around us.

This year, Spring feels even more precious to me. Life during the pandemic has felt like a form of dormancy with so many things being suspended and with the theme of death all around. Now Covid is becoming less threatening; yes, there are new variants, but they are decreasing in severity, which is how we will move from pandemic to endemic. As we continue moving through Covid, we are now seeing signs of new life all around us – people are reconnecting in person, mask requirements have lifted, life is beginning to feel more “normal.” While NGCC has gotten through the pandemic better than many churches, we still experienced our own winter with decreased attendance and finances.

But now, we are entering Spring! Yes, we have some metaphoric mulching and garden prep to do, but NGCC is getting ready for God to bless us with a springtime of newness! NGCC has work to do, and I am grateful that we have such a gifted, dedicated, and hard-working congregation. We will need all of us together to faithfully bring restoration and renewal to the church and its ministries. 

Think about your own life.
  • What metaphor Spring do you need?
  • What will you plant to bring new life?
  • What symbolic garden tools will you bring to the church?
  • At the end of the springtime, what do you hope to see?

God has blessed us with the cycle of the seasons in countless aspects of our lives, and God is guiding us forward through the Spring that is beginning all around us.

 

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