My small garden banner was just visible over the stacked pots, garden hoses and Lord knows what on the parsonage patio: Bloom Where You’re Planted. That’s simple to say, but surrounded by boxes and change, and new faces (and did I mention change), it’s easy to lose sight of the simple. So as I write this today, I’m reminding myself that God promised daily bread, not a 30 day freezer full, to keep us grounded in one day. “This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.” Ps. 118:24. As my family and I grow roots in the community of God that is Shiloh UMC, we look forward to a time when we will have shared many days together. We thank you all for the ones we have shared so far, as the parsonage was filled with fresh paint, much laughter and more than a few groans as we all reached into corners and crevices. Will now knows how to paint walls and we all feel more ‘planted’ for having done this together.

Beginning on the first Sunday in July, and for the next three Sundays, we will be inviting small groups of our new church family to come over to the parsonage in the late afternoon for supper and dessert, backyard play for the kids and fellowship for the adults. We’ll work out the details in the next few days, and until then, save us a Sunday.

We are all in this church and this community by God’s grace, and I look forward, as you do, to the unfolding of His will in our lives as we bloom where we’re planted for God’s glory.

Pastor Susan

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