Go with the flow

January ended with several members picking up the virus and needing to quarantine. This meant not meeting in person, moving our services back online. It has been a while since we met online. We are thankful that it is possible. Most of the members were able to be present. We even have members who have not been able to be present in person who were now as present as a computer screen allows. 

In the meantime at least 8 members worked their way through the various amounts of sick that the virus caused. For Scott that was what he recognizes as a typical week of flu: some high temperatures, plenty of sleeping during the day, sweating at night and basically working it out in about 4 days. Others had a bit less, some had a bit more, but it seems like we are through it all together. 

And that means that we can get back together again in person very soon. We are looking forward to meeting again in person and welcoming our new family from the north. We are thankful for the desire we all have to care fro one another, for the health God continues to give us, and for the possibilities we have and use to gather in praise of God who gives us daily and eternal life. 

As we move further into the new year, we as a congregation are looking at new things. When will we move back to sitting in rows as we did before corona? This allows for more people to be together. What will we be learning together as we head into a new year of studying the word of God? Our theme this year will explore how we can impact this world that we live in, since we do not truly belong to this world. We look forward to a summer of camp weeks and how to implement those. And we look at youth weekends down south. It has been a while since we had youth of this age in the congregation. 

The days are getting longer. It is not yet warm, but we can imagine the warmer days coming. And we know that we are able to do mighty things with God’s help, no matter what comes. So bring it on. We will continue to do our best to go with the flow and allow God to use us as He sees fit.  

The photo is of our creek at camp, when it is peaceful. This is the same creek that became a raging river this past year and swept some of camp away. Each season brings different challenges. God is there through every season.