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Dear Friends,
Happy Easter! It’s a bit strange to be starting April having already celebrated Easter. It’s also strange to have a rainy Easter! A friend of mine who moved here a few years ago, from Alaska, texted me the other day and said that I had assured her that “if it rains here, it rains in January and February. Not March!” Oops. I am thankful that we have one more year without the drought that had been so bad.
I appreciate the beauty that rain brings to our hills and I am looking forward to the profusion of flowers that will be blooming soon. All of this beauty reminds us that God’s creation is always renewing itself. The seasons present us with the cycle of life and remind us that we, too, go through our own seasons. Seasons with endings that also coincide with beginnings.
Our season serving together is coming to an end. I have very mixed emotions as I enter this month. Sadness because I will miss you all very much. Anticipation for what God will bring to your future as well as mine. Excitement that I am entering a new phase of life and personal ministry…including the welcoming of my first grandchild in September. Yes! Matt and his partner, Natalie, are expecting.
My last two worship services at Our Redeemer will be our Saturday Dinner Church on April 13 and Sunday the next week, April 21. Scott and Megan will lead worship on that last Sunday. I hope to be able to see you at these services!
Our Redeemer is a special place and I look forward to seeing (from a distance) how God will be leading you into the future. Remember that you are salt and light…not because you want to be but because Jesus said you are. The painting is one I made last year while meditating on the text which occurs in Matthew 5. I gave this painting away, so will have to make a new one for myself… something I will have a bit more time to do while partially retired. I will miss you all!
Peace in Christ,
Pastor Nancy
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