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Weekly Devotional Message from Dr. David Jones
June
6, 2008
Dear WCPC family:
George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury (1991 - 2002) said: "Churches die when leaders die. Churches die from the top downward. Show me a growing church and you will show me visionary leadership. It is leaders who make growth! When you have spiritual leaders, men of prayer, women of prayer -- imaginative, alert, intelligent -- there will be growth!"
Everything rises and falls on leadership. That's not just true in the church. It's true in business, it's true in communities, it's true in schools, and it's true in the home. This Sunday is an important one in the life of WCPC as we ordain and/or install new officers for the coming three years. These men and women, elected by you earlier this year, have completed six weeks of training, been examined by your Session and now on Sunday will assume their new leadership positions.
Leadership in the Presbyterian Church, in the scriptures, is never about status, but about service. We will look at the heart of a "Servant Leader" in my message on Sunday at all worship services as we look at I Timothy 3:1-13.
Please remember your Session in prayer as they meet tomorrow for a retreat, which will be focused on the next twelve months in the life of WCPC. Pray for God's direction and discernment to be evident in all our conversations.
Remember you have three options for worship this Sunday—8:30, 9:45 and 11. Hope to see you at one!
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