Known you for a long time...

"How long have we known each other?"

This is a question that my oldest fried and I ask each other from time to time. Jr. High School is the correct answer…but a truer answer is that we are still getting to know each other.

Who has known you the longest? Parents? Relatives? Childhood friends? And how well do they know you.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you…” Jeremiah 1:5

These are the words that God speaks to Jeremiah as part of his calling to be a prophet.

Before I formed you in the womb…

God knew you before you existed. Let that sink in for a minute. While it may have taken time for you to come to know God, there has never been a time when God did not know you.

“before you were born I consecrated you…”

Not only has God known you all your life, but he has always had plans for you.

Ponder that. Others in your life may have had plans for you…but God had them  for you before you were born.

So just what are those plans? How do we figure out what God has in mind for us?

Living into God’s will for us is not always easy (even if you are not called to be a prophet like Jeremiah). If you are like me, you probably wish that God would just send you the memo or put up the billboard that spells out his will for us. I have a friend who is fond of saying: “I don’t always know what God’s will is…but there are plenty of things that I know are not His will for me.”

It may be as Paul says in Colossians, “that we have to put off the old self and it’s practices and put on the new self that is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.” (Col. 3:9-10) The more

One thing for certain, the God who has known you all your life wants you continue getting to know Him better.

Blessings,

Matthew+

Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to thee, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly yours, utterly dedicated unto thee; and then use us, we pray thee, as thou wilt, and always to thy glory and the welfare of thy people; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. (BCP p.832)

5th Sunday Celebration

This Sunday January 30th at 10:00 AM, we invite you to join us at Saint Johns in Granby for a joint service of the Episcopal Church in Grand County.

Why are we doing this?

This a great way for us to strengthen our common bonds as the Episcopal Grand County Partnership. Our hope is to gather from across the county at least 4 times a year (in each of our different spaces) and remember that we are part of something larger than our own individual congregations. It is also an opportunity for us to support each other in our proclamation of the gospel and our ministry in our communities.

Join us  for Worship this Week

There are still risks to gathering as a group and the safety of all is our highest concern. While we are no longer requiring that you sign-up for Sunday mornings, the following instructions  are to help make our worship experience meaningful and safe. 

Please read the instructions here.

Saturday January 29, 2022 5:00 PM:

Holy Eucharist   Cranmer Chapel (in person only)

Sunday January 30, 2022 10:00 AM:   (Please note time change.)

Holy Eucharist (online and in-person)

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Coming up...

Sunday Morning Bible Study

We hope you will join in with us for Sunday morning bible study. We are reading and studying The Gospel of Luke.  

We are taking a break from our study on January 30 and February 6 We will pick up again on February 13th when we will be working our way through Luke 2:22-40: Simeon and Anna: patient, faithful witnesses.

Annual Meeting

Our Annual Parish meeting will take place after the service on February 6, 2022. Mark your calendar and make plans to attend. There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board if you are willing to bring a dish to share.

This Sunday's Readings

The lectionary readings for this Sunday are:

• Jeremiah 1:4-10

• Psalm 71:1-6

• 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

• Luke 4:21-30

You can read them online here.

Cranmer Chapel Dinners

Our next Cranmer Dinner is January 28. We are grateful to C-Lazy U for providing the dinner!

For more information or if you have questions, please contact Jim Magill or Gary Piper.

May we pray for you?

We are trying to regularly update our Prayer List. Please let me know of those you wish to add to the list as well as those you feel need to remain on our weekly prayer list.

We will pray for all of these folks during our weekend services at the end of the Prayers of the People. They will also be included on our list for St. John’s Prayer Group.

Certainly, loved ones may be added at any time as needed.

Please send me your requests via email at:

kayehikerpiper@gmail.com

Thank you,

Deacon Kaye

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