Dear Church Family...

Dear Church Family . . .

Did you know that there are over 2,700 photographs taken every second around the world? That’s over 200 million memories captured every day and well over 85 billion new memories each year. And these statistics from the United States Department of Commerce are five years old! That's a lot of photos! And what role do all these pictures play in our eternal existence? Why do we do it?

Crane Chapel has pictures this morning from the past week’s Vacation Bible School. We’ve captured some precious memories. Why’d we do that? The answer is simple: We take pictures so that we can remember!

As we partake of Communion this morning, let’s remember the words from I Peter 2:24 and let’s keep Jesus Christ fresh in the photo albums of our hearts and minds:

“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”

Not only do we look back and remember during communion, but also we are encouraged to look forward to His coming: “Do this ‘till I come.” . . . And unlike an image from a camera, Christ’s return does have eternal significance!

In His Love,
The Goossens