Service Schedule

Sundays:  8:00 & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School & Bible Class:  9:00 a.m. 

Pastor’s Message

What is ‘your prayer’ for the New Year and Decade we have entered?  I realize that a full month of this ‘New Year’ is already gone – so maybe you are more aware of what that ‘Prayer’ should be! 

    Will you pray that our Economy finally recovers and that the Job Market bounces back and that Housing Prices begin to climb to where they ought to be?  I know a lot of people who are praying very fervently for that very thing.  Dear Lord, make this year a better year for America and its families.  That wouldn’t be a bad prayer all-in-all.

    Maybe your prayer would be one for better health for yourself or those you love?  That, too, would be a good prayer.  This past year has been a harrowing year for many St. Paul members and their families health-wise.  2010 doesn’t look to show much immediate improvement either.  May our prayer should be:  Dear Lord, let Your healing Spirit descend upon us and ours in a mighty way in this New Year.  That would be a prayer that the Great Physician of Soul and Body would understand.

    Perhaps we should pray for more stability and peace for our world.  Saber-rattling hasn’t diminished much – and the threat of Terror seems to be growing rather than subsiding.  Peace in our world would bring our sons and daughters back home where they belong and would remove a great deal of the anxiety many people feel today.  Dear Lord, let the words of the Angels at the Savior’s Birth of ‘Peace on Earth’ become a reality for us in 2010. 

    We could pray for our Church and for its ministry.  We could pray for our shut-ins and our kids who are away from home.  We could pray for strength to become better parents and children and family.  We could pray for peace at home and within our homes.  When we think about it, there are so many prayers we need and ought to be raising.

    The Good News for 2010 and beyond is that God in heaven isn’t granting us just One Prayer.  In fact, He has both invited and commanded us to raise our prayers without ceasing.  He wants to hear from you daily in this New Year.  He wants you to share the thoughts and fears and joys and aspirations of each day throughout each day that He gives you.  He is a God who is conscious of your every step – and who wants you to be conscious of His presence in your life.

    May prayers will include each of you each and every day, that the Lord will watch over you and yours to keep you safely under His care.  My prayer will be that you may come to better know Him and His love for you.  My prayer is that you may grow in faith throughout the year – a gift which the Holy Spirit in heaven so much wants to give you.  My prayer is that this year the Blessings of the Almighty God may rest upon you and your families in a rich and wonderful way with the knowledge that whatever comes your way – you are safe in the hands of a loving God.

    Those are my prayers – and I know that God in heaven has heard them.  Blessings on you all.

                                                                   Pastor Murawski