If you’ve been waiting for a sign to visit church, this is it! Whether it would be your first time visiting a church or whether you already have lots of past experience with church, I want you to know that you are always welcome to join us for Bible class and Worship! I know that people have lots of different feelings and thoughts when they hear the word church. To some, it is a reminder of how people have failed them in the past. For others, it might bring to mind images of dusty cathedrals with stained-glass windows. Still others might be unsure of what church is even all about. I’d like to briefly share a few reflections on what makes the church so unique and why I think you should consider taking the time to learn more about the church and the message of Christianity.

First, in a world full of bad news, the church has good news. The good news is that because of Jesus Christ, our relationship with God can be restored and we can have hope. Second, in an age of isolation, the church has a place for you to belong. God created us for relationships—it’s part of what it means to be human! Although we are by no means perfect, the church becomes something like an extended family to belong to. Third, in contrast to the emptiness of the current secular worldview, the church has the solution to humanity’s greatest problem. Our greatest problem is that we have all committed moral crimes against a perfect and holy God. But Jesus is the answer!

I want to emphasize that the church has these things—good news, a place for you to belong, and the solution to humanity’s greatest problem—not because the people who go to church are better than other people but because God freely gives these things to those who believe in him and obey him. For all of these reasons and many more, I want to invite you to consider learning more about the message of Christianity. I invite you to do this not merely because I think it will benefit your life (although it will do that too, in many ways) but because I am convinced that Christianity is true, and that it is the key to our greatest need as humans and to making sense of the world we live in. I encourage you to approach Christianity with an open mind, to look at the evidence carefully, and to see for yourself whether the church does in fact have something that the whole world desperately needs.

Once again, I want to invite you to come join our church for Worship this coming Sunday at 11:00 am. I hope that you will see that the church is a special place, not because we are better than anyone else, but because God has given us hope and purpose in life, and we want you to have that, too. I hope that if you have any questions you will not hesitate to ask. We’d be glad to find a time to talk about any questions you have or to study the Bible more.