My last blog.....

​  I've come to the point where I need to go.  That's what an interim pastor does:  he comes and walks with a congregation for a while.  And then when you have called a new pastor, I need to go on to another congregation.  And so this upcoming Sunday, December 29 will be my last day as your pastor.

   It's never easy to go.  But as we think about it, everything comes and goes.  LIfe is an Interim.  Between birth and death.

  But we do share something that does not go away.  And I have witnessed this here at RLC in a most powerful way.  I'm talking about LOVE.  The love of God that comes to us in Jesus Christ.  The love that I've seen in you as you welcomed me, and all people.

  As 1 Corinthians says it, "Love never ends".  And the Scriptures describe God as Love (1 John 4:8). This season of Christmas is all about love, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son..."  (John 3:16)

   So while you and I may come and go, God and His love is always with us, wherever we are, and all through life.  

    Thank you for sharing your love with me, and with my family.  I have many memories of our time together, and how we joined in our service to God, and our friendship and good times.  

    Now I pray that the God who has so blessed you with your new pastor, will now continue to be with you and Pastor Matt, as you share God's love with one another and the world around you!   

God Bless,
Pastor Steve