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Sunday Worship 9:00am in July & AUgust
Nursery care provided All are Welcome |
Richmond
Congregational Church
P.O.
Box 302 |
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Reflections – Steps of Faith Submitted by Jon Milazzo As of this writing, we seem to be headed to the conclusion of our journey in finding a settled pastor for our beloved church. So now it’s time to settle in and to shift from the interim focus of assessing the church, to now, with a peripheral eye on the community, connecting with the community in a deeper way. We need to become an even stronger spiritual community. Community is one of the greatest gifts churches can offer. RCC is a place where people of different generations can connect with each other…and we must build upon this. Our vision now should be "Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors". We must be committed to practicing community together. Furthermore, from this journey of hope, love and faith that we have been on in our search for a settled pastor, we can draw three important conclusions about the nature of faith.
A. Faith is not a feeling but
a conscious choice to believe what God has said.
B. Faith acts even in the
face of doubt and opposition.
C. Faith sees what others do
not see. The world says, “Seeing is believing.” God says, “Believing is seeing.” We believe, therefore we see. Biblical faith is never faith in faith, as if we were believing in our own powers of logic or self-persuasion. Faith can never be stronger than the object on which it rests. Since our faith rests on the Lord Jesus Christ, the essence of faith is following him wherever he leads. Finally, each person's life is a journey with a beginning point and a final destination. In this journey of life, the questions where am I going and how am I going to get there are the most important! Believe that God has called us to build a church body of people who will walk together with others on our present and future journey; and introduce them and yourself to living faith in Jesus Christ, the ultimate destination. With Blessings for a Joyful Summer! |
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Our Mission: If you would like a visit from the pastor, or to receive the church newsletter, please call the church office at 434-2053 or e-mail us at church@rccucc.org (see "contact us" link above) |
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