pastor gil cason
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COME AND SEE
John 1:38-39
38 When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon
As I reflect on my transition and move to Comfort to become the pastor at Gaddis United Methodist Church, I have to thank the bishop and the cabinet of the Rio Texas Annual Conference for their prayerful consideration of asking me to accept the appointment. I cannot express my gratitude enough to the members of Gaddis for making my wife and I feel welcome and accepted into the Comfort community.
I am looking forward to getting to know the members of Gaddis and their passion for the community, and how I as the pastor can support and empower the ministries of the church. I am also open to, and excited about expanding the Gaddis presence in the surrounding Hill Country. I overheard one of the members say “Gaddis is the friendliest church in the Hill Country and is the reason I came back to church.” It is my prayer that ALL in the community will know that Gaddis is a safe place and are encouraged to COME AND SEE.
One of the biggest challenges many churches face today is competing with all the extracurricular activities that happen on Sundays. Granted many of the activities such as youth sports, SeaWorld and Fiesta Texas, and dare I say hunting and fishing might be more exciting than a Sunday morning worship service. I am a firm believer in spiritual disciplines and believe corporate worship is a soul training exercise that benefits everyone. But just maybe, it doesn’t have to be done in the four walls of a building. I want to encourage everyone to look for ways to bring worship to these competing activities in the community.
When there is a change of pastors in the Methodist church, it is said to be like the stirrings of the water. There is some cleansing and the ripples spread across the pond until they settle and disappear. Then the water sits still and often becomes stagnated. I want all of us here at Gaddis to be thinking about ways we can keep the water stirred up so that the ripples reach out across the hill country and make people want to COME AND SEE what’s happening in here.
I am going to end this article the way my mother ended her weekly newspaper article. Have a blessed week and always give God the glory.
John 1:38-39
38 When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon
As I reflect on my transition and move to Comfort to become the pastor at Gaddis United Methodist Church, I have to thank the bishop and the cabinet of the Rio Texas Annual Conference for their prayerful consideration of asking me to accept the appointment. I cannot express my gratitude enough to the members of Gaddis for making my wife and I feel welcome and accepted into the Comfort community.
I am looking forward to getting to know the members of Gaddis and their passion for the community, and how I as the pastor can support and empower the ministries of the church. I am also open to, and excited about expanding the Gaddis presence in the surrounding Hill Country. I overheard one of the members say “Gaddis is the friendliest church in the Hill Country and is the reason I came back to church.” It is my prayer that ALL in the community will know that Gaddis is a safe place and are encouraged to COME AND SEE.
One of the biggest challenges many churches face today is competing with all the extracurricular activities that happen on Sundays. Granted many of the activities such as youth sports, SeaWorld and Fiesta Texas, and dare I say hunting and fishing might be more exciting than a Sunday morning worship service. I am a firm believer in spiritual disciplines and believe corporate worship is a soul training exercise that benefits everyone. But just maybe, it doesn’t have to be done in the four walls of a building. I want to encourage everyone to look for ways to bring worship to these competing activities in the community.
When there is a change of pastors in the Methodist church, it is said to be like the stirrings of the water. There is some cleansing and the ripples spread across the pond until they settle and disappear. Then the water sits still and often becomes stagnated. I want all of us here at Gaddis to be thinking about ways we can keep the water stirred up so that the ripples reach out across the hill country and make people want to COME AND SEE what’s happening in here.
I am going to end this article the way my mother ended her weekly newspaper article. Have a blessed week and always give God the glory.
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