DEAR FRIENDS,

In my study, I ran across a publicity picture of me from the first year I was in Columbia.  It was taken in a tall building downtown with 1978 Columbia in the background.

The city has changed a lot and so have I.

The skyline has grown. The size of the city has grown. I've gotten gray hair. My chin isn't as firm. But what a phenomenal joy it has been to be your pastor-to have raised my children in this city and in this church, to have known you the way I have, to have been blessed and helped by you-some of you in profound ways over long periods of time, some of you in occasional ways that were equally profound and affected me in more ways than you could know...

Your eternally grateful pastor, 

3 WAYS TO LOVE THE LINCOLNS AND SHOW OUR APPRECIATION

1. Write a note

Notes are due this Sunday!

• Please use the specific paper provided in Sunday School and in the Gathering Place to write your personal note to Dick and Patty.
• Return written notes by 3/26 in Sunday School, in the Gathering Place, the church office, or at the reception.
• Notes will be compiled and bound in a book for the Lincolns.

Learn to shine the light of Jesus--not with self-confidence, but with GOD-confidence! Invite a friend and join guest speaker Renee Swope for a Friday night/Saturday morning conference this weekend, March 24 & 25. 

Register through Thursday!