This Sunday marks the 75th anniversary for Fremont Alliance Church in Fremont, NE. This is the church I served right out of seminary. This church gave me the opportunity to come back to the Alliance after receiving my Master of Church Music from The Southern Baptists Theological Seminary. This community of faith is still very dear to us, and as they mark 75 years of ministry this week, they will be remembering their heritage of faith and faithful ministry in their little burg in eastern Nebraska. Though we will not be with them in body we will be with them in spirit.
Remembering, and placing spiritual markers along that journey that God uses to create those memories is an important exercise. I am reminded of the Israelites and the pile of stones they set up after crossing the Jordan. I am reminded of the words of Moses that must have been echoing in their ears that day, echoing because he was no more. Words that are recorded for us in Deuteronomy 6:4-10.
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
Take a few moments and remember what God has done for you. Tell somebody else. Leave a little spiritual marker to remind yourself and those who will follow you that God is faithful.
O little flock in Fremont, God has been faithful.
In Christ,
Pastor Scott
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