I'm about to leave my house this morning and am feeling compelled to write a few sentences. I'm not sure how many of you will read this before church, but it doesn't really matter.
Jackie and I start our vacation today. On our vacations, we love visiting other churches and seeing what God is doing around the world. This year, our vacation is actually at "stay-cation" and instead of visiting a church, I'm actually preaching. I will be speaking at River Church in West Ashley for my good buddy, Pastor Todd Magourek.
I thought it was a good opportunity to highlight two things:
1. I can preach freely in a church a few miles away because I know that they are not our "competition," they are our teammates. We are a better church because River Church is in our city.
2. Today is a great chance to remind everyone that we are an elder-lead church. One of our elders, Dolph, will be sharing some things the Lord has been challenging him with recently. What I love about this is that it really provides two lessons to the church: 1) What Dolph actually says and 2) The visual picture of the body of Christ at work as someone other than me shares.
If you read this before service, know that I am praying for you and that my heart is in two places today. If you read it after church ... well, I know that you have been blessed. Because our God is that good.
- Pastor Russ
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