Dear friends,
Grace and Peace to you in the name of our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.


Well, here we are. We find ourselves on the other side of yet another emotionally charged election season in our country. Some of you are pleased with the results, and some of you are disappointed with the results. With that being said, I have one thing to say to all of you; the work of the Church remains unchanged. No matter who sits in the Oval Office or the Capitol Building,  Christ is still seated upon The Throne; and Christ is still calling us to be his workers in the Kingdom of God here in our community. What does that work look like? Perhaps the 25th chapter of Matthew’s Gospel can give us some understanding…

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world, for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you or
naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’ Then he will say to those at his left hand,  ‘You who are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels, for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to
drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”


No matter who sits in the Oval Office or the Capitol Building, the church’s work remains unchanged. Feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe the naked, care for the sick, and visit the incarcerated. In doing so, we care for the Christ who dwells within our neighbor. In doing so, we help God’s Kingdom come on Earth as it is in Heaven. We have much work to do.


Soli Deo Gloria,
Pastor Robert