It's time

As summer days stretch on in the month of August, perhaps it is appropriate to turn our minds again to our Chief Apostle’s year beginning theme - It’s time to do good! As we look back on the first half of the year and plan our lives approaching autumn, Thanksgiving, and Advent, it might behoove us to consider what good we have done and what good we still can do this year. Doing good does not just happen. It is rarely convenient. And it takes time and intention. So this month, our theme is It’s time - it’s time to do good! Each sermon will reveal good actions that we can take time to consider and reorient ourselves to.

On the first Sunday, the 9th and 10th commandments lead us in understanding what it means to desire rightly.

The second Sunday continues this theme with an unfolding of the 8th commandment; the motivation behind and cost of lies and how we can embrace truth.

The third Sunday invites us to join the Israelites on the threshold of Canaan - who do we relate to in the story? The people, the 10 spies, or Caleb and Joshua, who show us how to trust His promises.

The fourth Sunday asks us to evaluate how we value Scripture, and encourages us to take the time to make study of the Bible an important part of our lives.

Finally, on the fifth Sunday, we will join Lydia in learning what it means to profess your faith, through her example of an open heart, an open faith, and an open home.

The midweek service, taken from a sermon by our Chief Apostle, urges us to put away our excuses and not hesitate, because it’s time to do good!

All these behaviors are a way we can do good and spread goodness around us in our families, congregations, and communities.
It’s time - do good!