Greetings to you and your family in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

The PEACE of our Lord be with you and your family and loved ones as we begin this new month, looking always to Him as our protector, Guide and Stay.

There's something about the lull of summer calm!!  Some people rest; some are active almost to exhaustion--Go, Go, Go.  Others, however, look forward to the beginning of traditional school.  Whatever your situation, soon vacations and trips will be placed on the back-burner without attention focused on early-morning regimens and schedules.  "Go" is to Christians our most heightened activity, and the word is used many times throughout the Bible.  The angels in the tomb of Jesus told Mary to "Go" your way; tell His disciples and Peter...(Mk. 16: 6-7).  For some innate reason, we all feel the need to go!  Perhaps, not to China or Nepal, but to a neighbor's house to chat or help with a problem, or to tell the good news of the Gospel.

At St. Luke's, we are now well into the season of Pentecost.  Sunday, August 1 just past, was the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost.  We are quickly moving forward in our Church year.  Acts 2 relates to us that "they were all with one accord in one place...and, they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance."  Peter addressed the people, and they wanted to know what to do.  Peter replied, "repent, and be baptized...in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.   John Greenleaf Whittier, a Quaker poet, wrote:

May the Lord bless your August as we reach out to neighbors and friends!  See you at Church!