We had a special guest on Sunday, February 24. Colleen Michael came up from Wenatchee to be with us. She is the District Executive of our Pacific Northwest District of the Church of the Brethren.
She started at Whitestone...
Then rode down to Ellisforde with Pastor Jim.
She talked to both congregations about "the district," its various ministries, and the joys and challenges we share as two of the 17 Brethren churches serving Christ in this part of the world.
She stayed for a light lunch and Council Meeting at Ellisforde, leading that congregation in beginning to process a recent Ministry Survey.
We were grateful that Colleen was able to come and put a face on the district. Too often "the district" is just a vague concept that we don't think about very often and feel very little connection to. The reality is that the district is people like us, in churches like ours, doing their best, like us, to continue the work of Jesus.
On Saturday, March 9, Pastor Jim and Pat Liley crossed over the pass to Lacey for a District Board Meeting. So what is a "district board?"
Well, it's people. Take a look. These are the faces of the District Board.
Old and young, from different backgrounds, with different opinions and ideas, but united by a common conviction: that we are brothers and sisters in Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit to be his Body, and called to work together to serve the world Christ died for.
In other words, like us. To paraphrase Pogo, "We have met the District, and it is us."
So here's a challenge: let's stop referring to "the District," and begin saying instead, "our District."
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