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Message from Pastor J.T.
Hello friends!
Hope you are staying warm and dry this week. I’m looking forward to some sunshine on Friday!
This week I wanted to share with you an excerpt from my Annual Report to the congregation, the rest of which I’ll be sharing with you on Sunday. I hope you’ll be encouraged and uplifted by it.
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is said to have articulated a universal truth:
“The only constant in life is change.”
Covenant Lutheran Church certainly doesn’t need to be told that. This congregation has experienced more change in the last 10 years than most congregations experience in a lifetime. Some of it good – some less so. While change can be exciting, it can also be exhausting. Especially when the same things change again and again. (Like the name on the Pastor’s Office door.) When I arrived in late August of 2022, I sensed both that excitement and that exhaustion. I heard it in your stories. I saw it in your eyes. It’s almost as though there were really important things that needed to change so that Covenant could thrive, but because there had been so many other upheavals (pastors, buildings, pandemics), there was no way to give them the attention they needed. I am constantly amazed at the number of you who have weathered those changes time after time, and still been so loyal to Covenant. You didn’t have to. Lord knows there’s a church on every street corner –they are all struggling, and would welcome you – but the fact that you have stayed so committed to this one tells me that we have everything we need for Covenant to fulfill God’s dream for West Houston.
Hear more of the Pastor’s annual report at our congregational meeting this Sunday, February 5, immediately following the worship service.
Grace+Peace,
Pastor J.T.
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