Here is the church, here is the steeple

"The church is not the building, it's the people."

 
Those words are a truth which, if pushed too far, lose their grip on the truth they affirm. A church is a people being formed in community, gathered and scattered and gathered again for worship.
 
A church building is a place where prayer and praise, baptism and communion, year after year, are offered. 
 
The building is not sacred; yet what is done there, like slow falling rain, soaks the nutrients of holiness into the soul. 
 
In this building, over a century, souls have prayed, and holiness has taken root in their lives. Thanks be to God for this church!
 
Grace and peace,

Anita Sorenson
Pastor for Spiritual Formation