Pastor Chuck's Blog

I’ve found myself especially burdened this week by the struggle many of you are facing – a lack of work.  When Jill and I moved here last June, a few families at Church on Mill were without work.  The number of families has at least doubled now!  When it comes to employment in the Valley, things seem to be getting more difficult, not less.  If you are without work my heart grieves for you.

You shouldn’t have to face this alone.  The church is intended to be a big family that cares for each other.  Would you consider doing something courageous, transparent, and humble?  Let’s come together this coming Sunday evening to pray (6pm in the worship center).  No singing.  No sermon.  Just praying together for God to do something miraculous among us — provide every person who’s part of Church on Mill with good jobs.  If you are without work, please come.  I will be there and would consider it an honor to pray for you.  Don’t let your pride or privateness keep you away.  If you pray and have a heart for those in need, please come.  Those without work would embrace your prayers.  We need each other.

The church is the living, acting, breathing body of Christ in the world today.  We must respond to the needs in and around us.  Many are facing sizable obstacles in their fields of employment.  No obstacle is too big for God though!  And there’s no time like this for us to be the church to one another.

Collective prayer could do what no slick resume, no amount of ‘inside-contacts’, no list of skills, and no amount of completed applications alone could accomplish.  Let’s not wonder what might have happened if we’d asked our gracious Father to be gracious.  Let’s ask!

I’ll see you there,

Chuck

PS – If you can’t make it and would like prayer for work, please just post whatever information  you are comfortable posting on this blog as a comment or send me an email.  I’ll pledge to pray for you regularly until I hear from you that God’s opened the door of work for you.