by Pastor Tim White

Don’t you just love the Fall season? The smell of freshly cut grass in the Autumn smells just like footballs to me.  And our weather turns brisk at times and back to beautiful in late summer days of sunshine and ever-changing leaves and plants. This Fall everyone seems to be bracing for our society to have another tussle with the pandemic.   We need worship, community, and faith now more than ever.  And that feels good to me.  We were born and directed throughout our lives with crucibles to prepare us to shine the Hope of the World for such a season as we are heading into.  You are alive for a reason! In whatever state of health or wealth you find yourself, to be able to reach out and help humanity in this season of life. 

 We have been studying the Book of Job lately and I, for one, am really loving these studies. It’s as if the preacher really knows me and all that I am going through. I can really relate to my messages. It’s uncanny.  Haha!   

 This Sunday mornings sermon is “Kindness in the Valley” and it’s about those seasons of our life when life is toughest, and our hearts and minds are full of more questions than answers and how God is still there demonstrating his kindness toward us.   

 I am interviewing a young lady who grew up in our church and began her journey with Jesus Christ. Even though she was born without the ability to walk she adventured into sports and excelled at wheelchair racing. Her mom loved the Positive Faith to Share that we hold on to at Washington Cathedral. Jenny Goekle participated in skiing with the youth group and was a leader in our church. She even won a scholarship to a University in Arizona for Paralympics.  She participated in the Paralympics which takes place at the same venue as the Olympics only two weeks later and are broadcast all over the world. Almost every school in America displayed a poster of young Jenny racing in her wheelchair.  She also participated in the Paralympics in Athens and China. Jenny Goekle is now Jenny Muntz married to a fine young man. She attended the University of Arizona and is a psychologist with a degree in Rehabilitation counseling.  

 Wow! what a great story she will share at the in-person service and the on-line service. It will put strong wings on your heart and deep roots to your faith.  Don’t miss this once in a lifetime experience. Sunday at 10:30am in the Sanctuary or online with You Tube, Facebook Live or the church apps. Tune in and be inspired! 

 Your friend for the rest of my life, 

 Pastor Tim White