Can You Hear Me?

Dear Faith Des Peres Community,

How are your listening skills?  Are you a good listener?  In an interesting TED Talk that you can find here, Julian Treasure talks about how we are "losing our listening."  As the world gets louder, we are tuning people out, even the people we love.

This Sunday, February 10, God gives us a simple command: Listen to him!

I've been thinking about this command all week, both as I've struggled to listen to others and have people listen to me.  You know, there are many things God asks us to do as followers of Jesus, but how often do we think that listening is one of them?  And even though it may seem like one of the easier things to do, it's not.  Most of us prefer talking over listening.  So how can we be better listeners?  I'm convinced God's Word has something to teach us if we are willing to listen.

Listening for God's Word means coming to church.  I hope you will come this Sunday.  We will welcome into our family of faith Clarissa Schuller-Meyer and her son, Nathan, as they are both baptized and Clarissa joins the church.  Baptisms are sacred celebrations, and we are doubly blessed to get to celebrate two of them this Sunday.

Ash Wednesday is this Wednesday.  Join us for pancakes at 6:30 and/or worship at 7:15.  Please let us know if you are joining us for pancakes.  Ash Wednesday begins the 40 day period of Lent leading up to Easter.  This year our Lent theme is "Journey Inward/Journey Forward".  Discipleship is a journey that is first lived inwardly and introspectively, especially during Lent as we do some "spring cleaning of our souls", but then it is lived forward in service.  I hope you will join us during the Sundays of Lent.

Have a great weekend and I will see you Sunday.

Annie