Spirit, Fall Afresh

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. -- Albert Schweitzer

As you read this, I hope you have been praying for our presbytery and the up-coming meeting in Salem. If you haven't, start now! Yes, presbytery meetings can be a time to re-kindle the spirit about which Schweitzer spoke. We pray that God's Holy Spirit may rest upon us, guiding and empowering us together. We pray that the love of Jesus Christ will unite us, and that we can demonstrate that love to the world, and to each other. We pray that God's Church, in the Presbytery of the Cascades, the PC(U.S.A.), and in your congregation, will be given worthy work to do, that we can participate in God's amazing creative power, and that we may see the Church as a place of hope for a world that today so profoundly needs hope.
Amen?