Life @ Montrose, Jan. 24, 2008

WORSHIP WITH PASTOR CAMPBELL
This Sabbath is religious liberty Sabbath so we will reflect on what it means to experience religious freedom. Our sermon, "Living the Mystery in Unity" is about the freedom we can have in Jesus Christ. What does this freedom look like in our every day lives? I hope you'll come as we continue our series on the book of Ephesians. Plus, we can be proud of the efforts our church continues to make around the world in the area of religious freedom.
 
CHURCH TOWN HALL MEETING
Once a year for the past couple of years our conference leaders have been putting on a day-long seminar. I want to encourage you to try to make it up there for the afternoon presentations. At the end of the day there will be a special town hall meeting where you can ask questions to our conference leaders. For directions to our church in Cedaredge click here.
 
PRAYER MEETING
We're now half way through the series entitled "Just Walk Across the Room" by Bill Hybels. I was blessed two weeks ago as we reflected on God's journey across the universe to save us, and this past week Norman Graham continued the series. If you are interested in introducing your friends to Jesus this is the series for you. Incidentally, our next prayer meeting series will begin on Feb. 12. The theme is healthy marriages and families.

PASTOR'S BLOG FOR JANUARY 24
On Monday evening I flew out to the General Conference for a strategic planning meeting after a church member gave a large donation. Various departments at the General Conference are trying to come up with ideas about how they can best use the funds. The only restriction on the funds, placed on it by Jan Paulsen, is that the money be distributed to projects that are mission driven. So I was able to spend the day brainstorming with other creative individuals. It was a lot of fun.
 
On the airplane I met a Christian financial consultant who was flying home with his wife. It was really neat to hear a Christian perspective on the economy. His burden is to help Christians become more stable with their money by encouraging them to save. I met another lady on my trip who is looking for a church family. I was able to invite both sets of individuals to come to our church. Despite what may or may not happen to the economy, I want to lay up my treasure in heaven--how about you?
 
Last night we took about 30 Pathfinders and Adventurers to the Montrose Hospital emergency room. Thankfully, no one was hurt! The kids loved touring the trauma room with all the fancy equipment, and we were fortunate to have an ambulance in the bay so that the medic could take kids in and show them what an ambulance looks like from the inside. I'm thankful for such great youth leadership in our church, and I can tell the kids are having lots of fun, too.

Pastor Michael Campbell