Calvary Alive Newsletter 2017 May | Page 2

A Se at at t he Ba S he blessings of Easter continue to A s for we our prepare for grou new mission li T thank surround us each and every day. We SUNDAY, MAY 21st, 4pm, m God every day that He gifts to remember that this expan isters and Brothers in Christ, us forgiveness of sins, eternal life and salvation…not because we “deserve it,” but because of His unconditional grace, love and peace that He offers to all! J esus described the kingdom of God as a great banquet. Jesus does not describe the kingdom of God as dull and boring, glum and gloomy, dreary and dismal. We have bleak, monotonous, tedious, torpid times in life. When you think of the life God wants for you, for all His children, think of the wonder and joy, the laughter, and the good fun at a great banquet. J esus describes the kingdom of God as a wedding feast. Life sometimes brings dark, tragic times. We walk in the valley of the shadow. When we live in the kingdom, we live in the hope and new life, the happiness and merriment, the good fun, and the good times of a wedding feast. G od invites all of us to live in that kingdom, in this life, to experience the wonder and joy of God’s love for us, to share in the compassion and community of the kingdom, to live in confidence and assurance, and to live in the hope of the Holy Spirit in our lives. our glory but for God’s g kingdom. Just imagine how will be able to expand the ministries, current and futur preparing us for. M ay we always rememb BANQUET FEAST” that G of us to. Remember the ve that Calvary has been bl that “ALL ARE WELCOME!” there are NO EXCEPTIONS… T his life, your life, our life to through Calvary, is a g of God’s grace. This life i feast of God’s hope. In the grace and hope, may we to forward in watching the c new and exciting mission sense of wonder and joy, good fun. F inally, I would invite yo reread…post this poem where you can rededicate Calvary’s mission to “pro Christ to the world!” W e are the people of m