December 9, 2020
Dear Friends of Rockwood,
What a difference a year can make! This year which started
with so much energy and potential soon became a journey into controversy
and chaos. The unknowns become the breeding grounds for fear and
paranoia.
The experts demonstrate their expertise is closer to guesswork than
precision.
I am reminded of the
words of an old Gospel hymn saying “God knows all about tomorrow, He can
see beyond today” reminding believers in the end “We need never fear the
future; On His promises we stand, God knows all about tomorrow for He
holds it in His hand!”
Let us live life our
lives to the fullest since each day is a gift from the hand of Our
Heavenly Father. Let us love
and serve one another with renewed appreciation as we are seeing more
clearly the value of family, friends, and fellowship.
We are truly blest; this year has given us a reset and I hope we
are able to take full advantage.
May God help us to “B” growing in grace by: Being Respectful,
Being Humble, Being Considerate, Being Generous, etc!
2020 started with a
bang at Rockwood. We started
our first real renovation of our facility in decades.
The Sanctuary has been modernized and upgraded with new paint,
flooring and seating which ironically has not been seen by a good number
of you in person because it was not completed until well into the
present era of the pandemic.
On the first Sunday of
shut down we went live on Facebook and this has been received well and
viewed by many of our friends and past members who have not been a part
of the church family in years.
Wednesday nights have
become great evenings for fellowship and prayer through Zoom Meetings
set up by Mike Thebeau. I am
so appreciative of these gatherings because of the inclusive and unified
sharing across the church body.
It has been a blessing to see the expansion of our prayer
ministry and much of this is due to the good participation in these
meetings. If you are not
connecting with us in these meetings I encourage your to ask Mike for
the link and join us even if you are not able to stay for our whole
meeting.
Well, this is the
Christmas Season and many have wondered if we were going to try and have
our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service this year.
The answer is yes! We
will be open at the church building for this year’s service and also
doing our best to cover it on Facebook live.
For those of you who are planning to join us at the church we
will be promoting the wearing of masks, practicing physical distancing
(Not Social!), and limiting attendance; asking you to pre-register with
either Mike or Pastor Pete.
I would like to share
a few things we are anticipating in the future.
We are planning a Communion Service December 27th in
our Worship Service. We have
pre-package elements available if you would like to try and join us.
We are also looking to start some projects as the new year begins
including upgrading our computer system, basement renovations, and more
targeted on campus and online ministry.
God Bless You All Real
Good
Pastor Pete
Pastor Charles “Pete” Patton
2425 Glencoe Rd, Wildwood, MO 63038
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