For What It’s Worth… That’s not my Job!

      from PASTOR SCOTT

This is a story about four people named Everybody,
Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have.
I ran across this tale recently and it reminded me of the way things sometimes happen in life and particularly church life. There are so many things that could and should be done in the life of an active
and involved church family. Those things to be done are as varied as we are individuals working out God’s call on our lives (a caring phone call, a brief talk in the hallway, a day moving furniture, a visit in the hospital, a graceful word). It takes a lot of moving parts to be a living and vital church community and not all of those things can or even should be coordinated. Many times the right thing to do is not something that another will ask of you – it is just something that rises up through the presence of the Holy Spirit speaking softly within you. As your pastor I encourage you to listen to that leading within. I am confident the needs of the church will be met if we listen and then respond to God’s active presence in our lives
whether we are Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, or Nobody in particular.

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