1 Corinthians 5
With You in Spirit!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, September 22.
I miss seeing so many of the people I used to see on a regular basis a little over six months ago. As social creatures, it is a challenge to maintain the strength of community when our paths are not physically crossing on a normal basis.
Paul knew this and wrote a lot of letters to the churches he once gathered with physically. He reached into their world even though he couldn’t be physically present. He stated in 1 Corinthians 5:3, “Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.”
That is the reason why Pastor Ken and I are doing these daily phone calls to you every day for 189 days and counting, and why Delora is sending out so many emails to you from the church. That is our modern day equivalent of attempting the same thing to each of you. We desire to be together—to remain united in the Word and Spirit. We are still a community, even if our paths aren’t physically crossing on a normal basis.
Seize the moment and reach out to your church family today and let us know what is going on in your life.
As we enter the fall of 2020 and school has begun and many activities are starting to pick back up, I truly hope you will let us know how you are doing. Send us an email or card, text us, write a letter, make a phone call… If you are not returning to the church gathering because you do not yet feel safe, we understand and are as patient as you need us to be. But if there are other reasons you are not returning to the church gathering, we want to know and learn from you what is going on in your life. We want to be with you in spirit until we can be physically present once again.
Have a wonderful day!