Forty women enjoyed the Ladies Afternoon Tea on Sunday, February 11. The tables were lovingly arranged with special tea cups and tea pots filled with beautiful flowers. Everyone enjoyed the scrumptious food and most importantly, conversations and connections made.
A very big thank you to the Fellowship Team for planning the event and all your dedicated work. We can’t wait to gather next year!
Inspiritus is one of LCR’s mission partners and is focused on guiding individuals and families who have experienced disruption on a path from surviving to thriving. This work takes the form of refugee resettlement, social services, disaster response, and more.
Rev. John Moeller has been the CEO of Inspiritus since 2017. Before joining Inspiritus, he served as the CEO of Action Ministries in Atlanta. Rev. Moeller is ordained as a minister in the United Methodist Church.
More info on our Lenten Dinner and Speaker Series:
Enjoy a home cooked meal, rich conversation, and a chance to hear from some of our mission partners about the life-changing work they are involved with that we support as a congregation. Then stay for a special Lenten Worship service. Dinner will be served starting at 6:00 pm, speakers will begin at 6:30 pm. Worship is at 7:00 pm.
Feb. 21 – John Moeller, Inspiritus
Feb. 28 – Larry Leonard, Our Hands Outreach
Mar. 6 – Richie Jarrett, MUST Ministries
Mar. 13 – Pastor Karen Castillo, President & Diego Gill, Delegation Coordinator, Lutheran Church in Guatemala (via Zoom)
Mar. 20 – Laura Keefe, YELLS
The Promise Gardeners met last Saturday to kick off their 2024 season, planting 450 onions bulbs and celebrating a $1500 grant from the Food Well Alliance for garden improvements!
Food Well Alliance is a collaborative network of local leaders working together to build thriving community gardens and urban farms across metro Atlanta providing resources and support to local growers to connect and build healthier communities.
Anyone interested in participating in the garden, whether as a regular gardener or an occasional helper is invited to attend our meeting. If you cannot attend, but would like to get involved, please contact Margaret Perry.
The new season holds great promise!
Resurrection Life is a new, ongoing series by LCR members sharing stories of resurrection from around our community. New stories are invited!
Dan Gilroy
A Journey is going from one place to another, usually of some distance. When going on a journey things are taken that will be needed. On this journey we take the gifts that God has packed for us!
To be part of the LCR leadership for many years has been a true Blessing. From council, council president, Men’s group, after school programs, Sunday school leader and Must Sunday Celebrations, I have been surrounded by fellow believers in our Lord and Savior.
All journeys must start somewhere and mine was no different, or maybe it was. When middle age, I was invited to a Men’s Breakfast Bible Study. When I got there I realized that I did not have or own a Bible. That changed quickly. The 2 years spent with those men set the foundation for what was to come.
What I learned in that time was the importance of building a relationship with other people through the Bible, discussing scripture, questioning, and learning
Two scriptures that lead my journey are Luke 10:25-41 “The Good Samaritan” and ”The Home of Martha and Mary.” The first says to go and do and the second says sit and listen.
Asked when to go and do, I was apprehensive, but it soon became a Blessing that was critical in my journey. Once having realized that God was with me and leading me, the rest of His direction became easier to respond yes.
In Exodus 4:10-13 Moses even questioned doing what God told him. Once Moses got started he could not be held back.
We all have different gifts as God has given us. Read 1 Corinthians 12: 4-11 on ”Spiritual Gifts.”
1 Peter 4:10 says, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied Grace.”
There was a simple example I heard one time: If my parents, when I was a child, gave me a gift and I never used it, they might wonder why and possibly be disappointed.
What are the gifts of LCR? What are our gifts? What are your gifts? We all have them! Maybe write them down (don’t be modest).
It is a blessing to share part of my journey and thoughts with you. I often wonder why He sent me to a Bible study (without a Bible).
In His Name,
Dan