Gretna Community,
As we stepped outside today, I thought to myself, “It’s finally time to eat gumbo.” The seasons are changing (at least for a few days), the children are getting their costumes ready, and Thanksgiving and Advent loom in the background. Time keeps moving, moving, and moving. In all my years of life, this fact continues to surprise me.
Gretna United Methodist Church is no different. You’ve had various names and locations, different pastors and church members, yet something incredible happens year after year—CHURCH! GUMC has been a community for 127 years (in one form or another), and we will celebrate 20 years of worshipping together in our beautiful Sanctuary in just a few weeks.
Thank you! Thanks to your generosity, Gretna United Methodist Church can connect diverse communities to a lifestyle devoted to Jesus. Thanks to you, GUMC can be a persistent place of grace and peace.
As we work through our Sermon Series, "This Little Light…," we will explore connection, community, lifestyle, and devotion. The Finance Team and I hope you will join us in prayer as we carefully consider how we can respond to the love and grace that God shares with us—through our prayers, presence, gifts, service, and witness.
As God’s light dwells in us and illumines the world around us, may we allow God to shine brighter each day, illuminating the Gretna grace that has persisted for so long. We know we can rely on God for one thing: to keep being reliable.
With Love and Gretna Grace,
Pastor Marissa
October 16, 2024
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