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From the Pastor
September 2026
Hello Church Family!
I have really enjoyed walking through the readings in the Revised Common Lectionary with you as we focused on “The Way: Practicing the Life Jesus Imagined”. Matthew really helped us discover the steps that we can take to be more Christ-like. Later in the Gospel, Jesus told the disciples that they (and we!) are to go out, make disciples, baptize them, and teach them to obey his commands. Ever since then, people have worked hard to figure out not only what this means, but how on earth to do that!
Long before Methodism became a denomination, John Wesley and his friends wrestled with this same question that the disciples asked: How do we go out and make disciples? It’s a question we still ask ourselves today- or it should be, at least! We will finish September sitting with some of Wesley’s ideas in his writing “The Nature, Design, and General Rules of Our United Societies”. This was first published way back in 1743. Wesley offered practical guidelines for people who wanted to live out their faith. More than 250 years later, Bishop Reuben Job gave us a great rewording, a more memorable way of describing Wesley’s 3 Simple Rules: Do no harm, do good, stay in love with God.
They may be “simple” but they certainly aren’t easy!
I suspect that we will find challenges and spaces to be stretched along the way, and I am excited to explore ways that we do no harm, do good, and stay in love with God!
The title is deceiving, but I think that the book is really great, and the rules are excellent reminders for our daily life. Wesley came up with these guidelines to help us, to show us actions that we can take, while we are being transformed by God’s grace. They really help us see what grace looks like when we live it, when we walk in these footsteps of Jesus.
As we finish our current series, about taking steps toward the life that Jesus imagined, I look forward to looking at ways that we can keep walking in that way! I invite you to join me on September 13, 20, and 27 as we look at John Wesley’s rules, the scripture behind these rules, and what it might look like for us to practice them.
See you Sunday!
Blessings,
Pastor Rachel Mosher
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