"We can make our plans, but
the Lord determines our steps” (Proverbs 16:9, NLT).
Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ!
It has been three years since I’ve moved from Rice Lake to
Markesan with my family and became a part of the Princeton and Markesan
Methodist Community of faith. So far, it has been a wonderful and blessed years
as we get to know each other and learn from each other in Christ Jesus.
As we have experienced from the beginning, living as a community
of faith in Christ is not easy unless we surrender our will and follow wherever
God is leading us. However, every time, when we stop and look back, we always
see how God is gracious to us and the words of thanksgiving come out of our
hearts. In other words, we learn how to live in joy and thanksgiving fuller
each and everyday as we move through the challenges of our life and grow in the
spirit.
So, as we take the first step to our fourth year together, we want
to give thanks to God who gives this life as a gift of blessing and also life
together as a church to be a blessing to the world.
“Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord
a new song. Sing his praises
in the assembly of the faithful…
Let everything that breathes
sing praises to the Lord! Praise
the Lord!” (Psalm 150:1 & 6, NLT).
However, I also want to say thank you all those who have
faithfully and truthfully serviced among us behind the scene. As a worshipping
community, I am so thankful for all those who prepare our Sunday worship as
well as mid week/weekend worship: our worship team, music team, prayer team,
A/V team, social media and technology team, cleaning and fixing team,
decoration team, hospitality team, ushers and liturgists, especially, for their
extra works to keep each other safe when we have dealt with COVID 19 so that we
are able to continue to worship in spirit and truth.
We know those are not all because there are more of you who
faithfully, generously, and joyously support the ministry of our church in
different ways. Why did we do that, I mean, why did we support the ministry of
the church faithfully, generously, and joyously?
“You are a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his
own possession, that you may
proclaim the excellencies of him who
called you out of darkness into his
marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9, ESV).
Brothers and sisters in Christ, it was because of this Living Word
of God. We are a chose people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation! In other
words, we are God’s people who got called out of darkness into God’s light. In
other words, the world where we are living in is still a full of
darkness-broken, wounded, sinful, divided, and confused. However, we got the
blessing of this marvelous light to bless others! We have a long way to go
together as God’s people holding this marvelous light, God’s eternal love!
Join us!
Pastor Kyochul
