NOTES FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK


To the blessed Family of Faith:


Grace to you, and peace, from God our heavenly Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!


I can’t believe it’s been nearly a month serving you as your new pastor! I want to thank Pastor May for his dedicated service as your vacancy pastor, holding down the fort. I’d also like to thank Pastor Kaul and his decades of dedication, hard work, and service to you all. But I would especially like to thank all of you: for calling me to serve, for the work you’ve continued to do for one another and the people of Germantown, for the warmth and hospitality you’ve shown to Hannah and me, and for all the assistance I’ve been given as I’ve moved into this position. I am truly honored and humbled by the responsibilities you’ve entrusted me with, and as we walk together, I pray our Lord Jesus would use me as He sees fit to lead and serve here!


As this is my first newsletter devotion, I’ll keep things short and simple, and simply offer to you a word from God’s Word to consider and meditate upon. It happens to be my own confirmation verse, Revelation 2:10c, and I find these words from John’s pen to be quite apropos as we begin our walk together as the Family of Faith: “Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.”


What does it mean to be faithful? How does that look? What does faithfulness to Christ entail? Further, how can you remain faithful through the ups-and-downs of life, even when death draws near? Think about it. Pray about it. And as I begin my walk alongside you, we will come to the answers together.
Again, thank you all for welcoming Hannah and me to the Family of Faith! I look forward to what our Lord Jesus has in store for us all! I look forward to seeing you in church!


In Christ our Lord,
Pr. Heckert