Greetings CLC,

As May arrives, we find ourselves at the threshold of endings and beginnings. The school year winds down, schedules shift, and we pause to notice the many ways God has been present in the ordinary rhythms of our lives. In these moments of transition, the words of Psalm 90 invite us to see differently: “So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart.” This is not a call to urgency or pressure, but awareness to recognize that each day is a gift, filled with opportunities to love, serve, and reflect God’s presence in the world. We give thanks for the blessings of this past season; for growth, for relationships, and for the quiet and bold ways God has been at work among us.

This month we also begin a new stewardship focus of TIME. This season invites us to celebrate our time through our vocation, not only in our jobs, but in every role we hold as neighbors, parents, students, volunteers, and friends. Psalm 90 continues with a beautiful prayer: “Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us and prosper for us the work of our hands.”
God’s blessing is already woven into the time we spend caring, creating, learning, and serving. These next few months we will lift up those everyday callings and the sacred ways they shape our lives and our community. May we be people who not only count our days, but fill them with purpose, joy, and the deep assurance that God is at work in and through us for such a time as this.

In Christ,

Pastor Julia