This is the final week of our annual seven-week in home book study. This week the topic in the book we are studying is called “Stories from our Congregation.”
When I first picked up the book A Blessing in Disguise I really liked the topics and how it was structured. The glaring downside to me was that the book had only 6 sections. It’s hard to make a 7-week book study when there are only 6 weeks worth of material. Yet, I did not want to dismiss this book as there seemed to be so much here for everyone. Then a divine idea came through to me that the seventh week could be about stories from within our own congregation. I Know our people have faced challenges, yet have risen to meet the challenge and find the blessings.
The group that makes the decisions about the selection of the book for the book series embraced the idea. (You might be interested to know our books study decisions are made almost a year in advance.) We had time to source stories from within the congregation, request the stories in writing, and have editors available to help each author. Our committee then selected the final stories. I am so looking forward to sharing some of the stories from our congregants on Sunday. If you didn’t pick up a copy of our study guide with the stories, there is an online link where you can read them online or print them. They truly are inspirational.
I look forward to exploring this topic on Sunday.
- Rev. Bill Audio
