This Sunday is the Annual
Meeting of First Congregational Church of Houston. Churches can get all caught
up in programs and budgets and forget that the reason we are here is because God
calls us together, and for a purpose. Churches get very involved in writing
mission and purpose statements, but often forget the reason why they are there
in the first place. In our scripture for this Sunday, Nehemiah 8:1-10, the
people return to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and gather together to
here the Law (Torah) read, from morning till sunset! It is a way of reconnecting
them with who they are and why they are there. As we prepare to gather for our
annual meeting, perhaps it's something we can all stand to meditate on
beforehand: who are we and why are we here?
The Meeting House Choir
will sing Worship Him as One by C. O. Beck and Ev'ry Time I Feel
the Spirit arranged by Howard Helvey. Gavin D. Craig, our organist, will
play selected music. Our congregational hymns will be Here in This
Place (GATHER US IN),
We Are One in the Spirit (ST. BRENDAN'S), and O for a Thousand
Tongues to Sing (AZMON).
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