Good morning on this the first Saturday of April. The mountain of snow located at the back of the church parking lot outside of my office window finally melted away. It remained until April 1st and was there for many months getting bigger every week until it finally started melting about three weeks ago. Isn't the warmer weather and refreshing sunshine a welcome change from snow, ice, and cold? With the disappearance of the snow and appearance of green on nature's landscape, it indicates a change of seasons and the arrival of spring. The indicators for a change of season are used in Scripture to illustrate the signs associated with the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. So with the current change in our seasons, we should be reminded to be watchful and expectant of our Lord's coming. He will come quickly, as a thief in the night, and in a moment in the twinkling of an eye. In the surety of His coming, let us look upward, inward, and outward. Our outward look is to help others be ready for His coming by bringing them to a right relationship with God. Tomorrow we begin the "Just Walk Across The Room" campaign. Each adult Sunday school class will participate in this award-winning campaign and the A.M. sermons will accommodate this theme. We are excited about its theme and content and know you will be too once we get started. Please join in this tremendous effort by being there for this first Sunday. The program will continue throughout the month of April. Tomorrow's message is entitled, The Single Greatest Gift. I hope I'll have the privilege of seeing you in church tomorrow. We'll be observing the Lord's supper, so come prepared to sit at the Lord's table to both remember and relive what Jesus Christ did for us and all it means to us. It is a time of remembrance, reflection. appreciation, meditation, self-examination, repentance, and anticipation of His coming. It is a communion with God and each other at and because of Calvary.
Pastor Mel Brown