Today, one of our musicians at Community of Joy, publicly announced that he has taken a new job in a part of Maryland that is too far for him to continue living here and unfortunately that means that he will be leaving the church. It is a sad deal for all of us involved. We will miss Gary and his son, Matthew. We will miss out on the close relationship we have with them. We will miss out on seeing them grow in their faith and relationship with Christ. We will miss out on not having Gary's musical talent and wonderful voice. We will miss out on not having Gary's leadership around the 5 Q Circle and his excellent ideas that he often shares (the highly successful "lollipop encouragement idea" that we shared at the hospital on our last Be A Blessing Sunday was his!). I could go on and on about all the things we will miss that are a result of this situation of losing a dear brother in the life of our congregation.
But, as I was thinking about all these things, I was quickly reminded that we wouldn't know what we were going to miss if we hadn't met Gary and Matthew in the first place! And that brings me to my point. Had Melissa not invited Gary and Matthew to join us in worship one Sunday many years ago, we wouldn't know Gary and we wouldn't know what we are soon going to be missing.
So, who can you invite to join you in worship this week?
You never know, that person might just be waiting for your invitation. And they might just find a place among us and have all kinds of gifts and skills to offer! But none of that will happen if you don't issue an invitation!
Years ago it was true and I believe it is still true today! The number one best way for a church to grow in numbers is by persons issuing invitations to people they know. So, one more time, who do you know that you can invite? It might just change the trajectory of their life and ours!
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