Regardless of my age, September feels like a new school year and a chance to realign my practices. Every year I ask myself this question:
What are you doing RIGHT NOW to grow your faith?
My biggest “growth spurts” as a Jesus-follower have come as I learned side by side with other people and one of the things I cherish most about Grace is how MANY opportunities I have discovered over the years to do just that. This fall, I am grooving on Pastor Tracey’s Blue Angels group (The Screwtape Letters) and digging into 1&2 Samuel with the Koinonia Sunday School class.How about you?
Are you participating in a weekly Sunday School class at 10am in one of the 5 adult classrooms or working with one of the 6 classrooms of children/teens?
Have you considered one of the 6 weekly adult bible studies offered during the week? Or perhaps the men’s bi-weekly Saturday morning group or the monthly Women’s Tuesday Evening study works better for you?
Your schedule is unpredictable? What about a short -term study? Pastor Tracey is leading a 6-week study “The Path to Forgiveness” on Monday evenings starting September 30. There is a 5-week book study on Zoom beginning November 11 entitled “The Welcoming Congregation.”
Maybe you are looking for a spiritual energy boost? What about one of the many special conferences offered at Mo-Ranch in the Texas Hill Country or Camp Gilmont in nearby Gilmer, TX? Both of those Presbyterian camps are much loved by your pew-mates as the “thin places” where they have encountered God more clearly.
A North Texas Presbyterian Pilgrimage weekend retreat has ignited or rekindled the faith of dozens (hundreds?) of Grace members over the years. Are you available to participate or staff at one of the next retreats on October 18-20 or March 7-9?So. Many. Options.
It’s September. What are you doing RIGHT NOW to grow your faith?