Church Family,
This past Sunday, as we continued our series in Ecclesiastes, we listened in on the author’s reflections on his exploration of both wisdom and folly. He expressed that, on one hand, there is more to be gained from being wise than from living foolishly, which is no surprise to us. Still, he lamented that whether one is wise or whether one is foolish, everyone dies and is forgotten all the same. Let us embrace the clear call of this passage to live wisely, to act intentionally and carefully to bring about good, but not to place our ultimate hope in our wise living. There are many problems we will never solve because we are limited beings with limited strength and time and wisdom. Our only true hope is Jesus Christ, our perfect and infinite savior, and our efforts to live wisely are only good in as much as they are born of a love for him.
Passage for this upcoming Sunday: Ecclesiastes 2:18-26
Celebration of Life
As you may know, one of our dear church members, Emily Serrano, passed away a few weeks ago. We have not been able to get into contact with her family about a service for her so we will be hosting our own celebration of life service for her on Sunday, February 8th, immediately following our regular Sunday gathering.
Prospective Members’ Class
We will be offering our prospective member’s class this upcoming Saturday, January 24th from 9 am to 12 pm. If you’ve visited us at Light in the Desert this is a great opportunity to learn about our church and especially why we think formal church membership is so important and so valuable. Even if you’ve been to the class before, and even if you are already a member, it would also be good to come to this class as a refresher on membership. Even if you have not signed up you are still welcome to join, we just ask that you email Bryan ahead of time at bryan@lightinthedesert.church so he can know how many people he can expect in attendance.
Grace be with you,
Logan Murphy
Pastoral Intern