Keith’s Quill – April 2020

Here is a phrase we hear over and over again lately. “We are living in interesting times”. They are interesting and scary and way different than anything most of us have ever experienced before. When was the last time church was cancelled? We did cancel church occasionally in western Kansas because of snow storms but even that was very rare. We have at this moment been out of corporate worship for three weeks now and it looks very much like we will be out at least four more weeks. This is really hard on some of us. I know that a few of you reading this have missed that many weeks but at least you knew that we were meeting, and you could come. Now it doesn’t matter if you wish to come of not the church building is locked. We are fortunate to have the technology in place to have online services and messages each week. In fact, I have heard more preaching the last two weeks than any other time in my life. It isn’t that online wasn’t available but that our own worship service took up the time and seemed to meet our needs. Last week I was able to listen to both my sons preaching and teaching services plus my nephew in Colorado and also Matt Wolf in Denver. Matt did have a guest speaker last week, but it was great fellowshipping with them. I want you all to know that we are still available to you even though the office is pretty much closed. Please call the church and leave us a mes-sage or call my house or my cell phone and I will be glad to hear from you and chat about whatever is on your mind. We will continue to attempt getting the messages on our Facebook page at The Community Church of Moab (Ask to join the group if you are not already a member) and later on our website at moabcommunitychurch.com . Perhaps by the time this pandemic is over we will be getting good at online services. I would imagine that we will continue to make the services available online in the future. But what a loss it is not to be together. I can’t wait to see your smiling faces in the church again. Until then let’s continue to pray for each other and for our community and our nation. So many hard decisions are being made and our leaders at every level need our prayer and our support. This epidemic did not catch God by surprise. He knew it was coming and He knew that He would use it to help build His church and as a reminder that as sophisticated as we are that a little microscopic protein can bring us to a standstill. What a great reminder how much we depend upon our God every day without knowing it. He has proved to us that He loves us all very much. The Resurrection Day celebration will go on regardless whether we meet as a group or not. The power of the resurrection is not thwarted by our issues. It stands as a testimony to the love and power of God. He is risen, He is risen, He is risen indeed. May we rest in His grace and work to make Him known to our world by our sharing the message of Easter and the love He has given us for all of His people. You are all special in His sight and certainly you are all special to me. Until we meet again may God be with you!! -PK