Black Clouds or Bright Days?

Greetings from Portland!

For those of you from Crossroads, you know that this is a big week in the life of our church. This Sunday we are having a congregational meeting to talk about a significant budget shortfall we have as a church going into 2006. It is absolutely NO FUN to talk about, but it is really good that we are. I hope all of us plan on attending one of these important meetings being held after each of the morning worship services.

Now, we could look at this as a huge black cloud come to rain on our parade. Or...we could look at it as a bright day God has given us for growth, nurture, and challenge in our lives of faith.

Guess which one I would choose?

Let's be in prayer for our church and session as we seek God's guidance and wisdom.

j