Pastor's Message

June 2025

Dear People of God,

I’m writing this on full moon day in May: May 12th.  The full moon in May is called “the flower moon” and with good reason.  There are so many flowers in bloom right now.  And when some types of flowers, like tulips and lilacs start to fade, then other flowers, like irises, peonies, roses and more come into bloom.  This goes on well into June and summer.  I’m a guy who really likes flowers!  The color and variety of God’s creation is amazing.  An added bonus of going hiking in our mountains is that it is still late spring in July at 5000-6000 feet.  Plenty of wildflowers, like red paintbrush, blue lupine and more are in full bloom.

This year we celebrate Pentecost Sunday on June 8th.  I was thinking that all the people gathered in Jerusalem on that first Christian Pentecost are like flowers of so many varieties and colors.  Acts 2 says the crowd consisted of Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia and more.  In other words, all the known places of the world to Middle Easterners at that time.

God, the Almighty Creator and Sustainer of all life, loves variety.  And through the gift of the Holy Spirit all the folks gathered there were able to hear and understand the good news of Jesus Christ in their own languages.  Life and salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is for all races, colors and nationalities of people.  “Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Acts 2:21.

Pastors and people who write are always looking for inspiration.  Inspiration literally means “spirit filled”.  I readily admit that some of my writings are more inspired than others.  But every Christian, whether you write or not, is “in-spired”.  We have all been given the gift of the Holy Spirit to help us show and tell the love of our Savior Jesus to others.  There are so many gifts of the Spirit: making music, teaching, quilting, cooking, fixing things, growing flowers, leading worship, cleaning, prayer, leading meetings and a zillion other things.

How is the Holy Spirit calling you to use your gifts to the glory of God? 

Christ is Risen! ~ Pastor Dennis