Saturday's thoughts

"Find Your Vision"

Eric Smith is our District Superintendent. He is preaching tomorrow. I have been out of town and haven't had a chance to put the "Build a Sermon" into the web page. Sorry about that.

What is a District Superintendent? Eric and five other clergy work with our bishop to determine what are the needs of the churches in terms of leadership and what are the capabilities of our clergy in terms of what they can provide. Eric is the superintendent assigned to our area in northern Colorado.

It is important that Eric know something about our congregation. He needs to have contact with us and we need to be able to communicate with him. If we should require a new pastor the conversation with Eric is crucial. If there are problems with any of our clergy or questions about how we are interpreting church administration Eric is one of the people who can help work us through our conflicts.

Eric has agreed to accept the theme we had set for this Sunday. I appreciate his willingness to do that.

Because we were not able to hold our All Church Conference on the dates that would work for Eric this January and last January, and because of the important role the superintendent plays in our church's future, I felt it was important to ask him to be with us and to preach.

We have heard him on one other occasion. He is an excellent preacher and I think you will enjoy hearing him tomorrow.




If you have thoughts about the church or suggestions for sermons or other issues you would like to present to me write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to have others read your suggestions click on the box below.

I look forward to hearing from you.


Charles Schuster