A Moment with your Mission Centre President Team

Written by Gwyn Beer 
Canada West Mission Centre Co-President

Lent starts next week and I want to give up Gratitude to everyone.

Community of Christ is exactly that!  A community! I am grateful for everyone in this community.  To keep things going for everyone, many pieces must fit together. 

There is a puzzle on the go in the Chilliwack church (there is ALWAYS a puzzle).  This one is all clocks and it will probably be complete in another week.  Craft night ladies have been working on it.  Early Sunday morning arrivals work on it.  Coffee morning people grab their coffee and some head to the puzzle table. Often someone will walk over and put in a piece right away and leave while others look and look for a piece but they don’t give up. The puzzle will be completed.

So what does this have to do with Gratitude?  I am one piece in this community.  If I have a problem, I can ask one of the team that make up the Community of Christ in Chilliwack.  As a member of the Canada West Mission Centre President team, I am grateful for the others on the team. 

When someone in the mission centre has a problem, there is usually someone they can ask or call for help.  Community of Christ in Guelph, Ontario has been a large part of the puzzle and they have provided answers to all the financial questions that have been asked.

We have many people who are volunteers that are pieces of the Community of Christ and who, together, work till any task is completed.   

I am grateful for all those volunteers who come to a meeting when Shannon calls it.  I am grateful for a team of church members who join together once a month and pray for our mission centre and any special thing we ask them to.  I am grateful for those who have stepped up and are planning our summer camps.  I am grateful for all the volunteers who have made our camps happen over all the past years.  I am grateful for all the volunteers who will help with camps now.  I am grateful for all those pastors out in our mission centre who lead congregations in mission.  I am grateful for all those who have become congregation recorders and our Canada West Mission recorder who uses Shelby.  I am grateful for all who use Shelby to keep us connected as Community of Christ. I am grateful for all the members of Community of Christ who may not have a home congregation anymore but remain in touch. I am grateful for all the congregations that zoom their services so others may attend virtually.  I am grateful for my heritage in Community of Christ, for those who established this church.
 
We are all pieces in the puzzle that is Community of Christ.  I am grateful that new pieces will be added as we ask more volunteers to be part of the future plans for the church in Canada. 

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Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.