Hello beautiful Ren community and friends. I'm sitting in one of the local cafes called White Electric and there is music filling the air that is I think the worst music I've ever heard. The coffee is amazing and the music is usually fine but today it sounds like a group of 20 teens who don't play instruments raided a school band closet and just started vandalizing the instruments. And someone recorded it. I'm not even hearing a melody. It's just straight noise and static. Maybe I'm getting old?
The chaotic song actually fits what I feel right now though. I am pretty overloaded as we are getting ready to transition to the new building. I also have a ripping headache today and I think I am coming down with a cold or something. Of course I'm trying to tell my body I don't have time right now to be sick. I say all this not to make you feel sympathy but to ask for prayer. Please please pray hard for your pastors and other key people like Vinny, Pete and Alli as we tackle the remaining tasks that need to get done.
We are aiming for Easter Sunday to be our first service. Inspections are this week, which will determine this. Please don't miss next week’s newsletter for Easter details.
I can say with certainty that we will be at 77 Res Ave this Sunday. Since it will be our last service in the "old building" I thought we'd do something a little different. I will be sharing the story of Ren from its birth in 2003. I want to just remind us of the way God has had His hand upon us through the years to give us confidence as we step into this new season.
–Pastor Scott A.