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Hey everyone! It's time to sign up for February dinners by Chef Carla and friends at The Table@CLP.

Here's the menu: Feb 5 Meatloaf and mashed potatoes, Feb 12 Tacos, Feb 19 Beef Stroganoff, Feb 26 Pulled Pork.

This Wednesday come and meet Sally Allen Newall, 93 years young. Sally began attending CLP as a child in the early 1930s, well before our sanctuary was constructed in 1939.

The Table@CLP is an intergenerational space where adults, kids, and teens can be themselves, share a meal, support one another, and grow together. Each Wednesday from 5:15 - 6:30 pm we enjoy a free dinner, live music, a story about Jesus and conversation.

All are welcome at The Table; there's a place just for you.

It was Serve Sunday in CLP Kids, and our focus has been on the basic things we need and how we can support others who are in need. We've been working on Blessing Bags and yesterday, we learned our new February memory verse:

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16)

In Rise Up, Youth!, we unpacked the sermon, and Becca shared an incredible song that beautifully applied what we learned.

Here is the link to "Jesus Saves" by Riley Green: https://youtu.be/Zrm8t6n0-vA?si=aecHGhc8ngVA-EQZ

This is why serving with children and youth fills me with hope! Watching them wrestle with faith and express it in ways that inspire others reminds me how vital it is to invest in the next generation.

I am humbled by Becca’s beautiful heart shared through this song. Our ONE THING focus was on our tendency to drift from God and how staying the course requires intention. Just as Israel repeatedly wandered, God continually pursued them, sending prophets to call them back.

Reflecting on Pastor Kris’s sermon, I think of Jeremiah—young, uncertain, yet called by God. He doubted, but God assured him that those He sends, He equips. Like Jeremiah, our children are set apart with purpose, and it is our privilege to walk alongside them, nurture their faith, and remind them that God is with them.

We are called to pour into our children because faith is not inherited—it is cultivated (think about the parable of the soils that Pastor Ted shared at The Table@CLP). If we do not teach them who God was, is, and will always be, the world will fill that void with its own version of truth.

Let's be intentional in showing them the love of Christ, helping them recognize His presence in their daily lives, know His truth, and equipping them to be lights in the darkness.

Have a great week, and please continue to pray over our children as they grow in their faith, learn, and practice what it means to serve in Christ’s love and engage in God's mission.

Blessings,
Pastor Brenda

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