This Sunday is the annual business meeting. On this

occasion, every year, we have the chance to evaluate where we've

been and where we're going as a church. James 1:19-27 offers us a

great opportunity to do just this. Not only does James say, "Be

slow to become angry," he also says, "Religion that God our Father

accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and

widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by

the world." What does anger have to with caring for orphans and

widows? Of course, I'm not going to tell you the answer right now.

You have to come Sunday morning. But the answer gives us a great

picture of where we are as a church and where we want to go in the

coming year. This Sunday, I can't wait to see how God encourages us

and challenges us to be the church that he wants us to be. See you

then! P.Dave