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Thought for the week...

+ The Season of Lent +

Lent is a time set aside by the church for introspection and penitence.  It is a time when we are to examine our lives, to see where we have fallen short, to know once again that from which we have been saved through Jesus Christ, and to pledge anew our commitment to God's kingdom.

Lent officially began with our service on Ash Wednesday.  The following week, Eddington hosted the first of the Community Lenten Services.  It is our prayer that each of us grow closer to God this Lenten season, and that the celebration of Easter, to which Lent leads up, would be that much more meaningful and glorious for all of us.

In Christ, Pastor Brecht

~ Patience and Forbearance ~

Those are two good New Testament words!  We are to be patient with one another, and forebear one another's differences.  And I would encourage you all to think of those things in 2010!  I would especially encourage you to think about patience in the following areas of our church life.  (And I will keep these thoughts up for a couple of weeks, because I believe they are very important!)

Please continue to have patience with one another as we get our Sunday School building back into shape.  Who could have forseen the problems we would be having in 2009, and how difficult it would be to remedy them?!  But the Sunday School is one of the most important things we do here at Eddington, and so we all need to have a special measure of patience and to contine to bear with those who are working on correcting all the problems.

And please continue to have patience and forbearance with those working in the Stewardship of our Church.  I truly believe Eddington is in a strong position, despite 2009 being a difficult year.  (For ALL Churches!)  We will come through this time of shortfall, and we will be fine and strong for the future.  But please pray for and encourage those who are "working to make it all work."  And continue to support the ministry of Eddington like you always have. 

...And thank you!!!

In Christ, Pastor Brecht