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experience your hospitality and warmth.
I was reminded as the welcoming
parties came, seemingly two by two,
of the generosity of our God. As He
cheerfully and bountifully gives to us
all things, so you all have reflected that
generosity toward us accepting us, as
one of your own and pouring out your
love. You have taken us in as your own
and poured out a great show of the
generosity wrought within you by God’s
grace. But, yet, there is still room. The
table is not full.
In the next few weeks the SCAD
semester will begin and downtown
Savannah will be filled with an influx
of new and returning students. Some
will be leaving the familiarity of home
for the unknown of college. Others will
be returning to the circuit of classes and
coffee shops. Many of these are unaware
of the feast the king has prepared. They
will wander into our church on Sunday
or Wednesday afternoon. We will meet
them in the street and seated across from
us at the café. How will we respond?
I pray that our Lord will awaken us to
receive such moments as opportunities,
even as he awakened you all to our
arrival so that you might respond with
the same generous welcome with which
you responde