Hello Church Family,

At this time of year, I see the fruits of our labor harvested, from corn, soybeans, and hay fields, from apple trees, blueberries, tomato, and pumpkins, all engorged ripe and ready for the taking. I think about our own harvest. How are we harvesting what we sowed this year? Humbly, kinder, caring for all, not about ourselves but for our friends and strangers alike. Did we plant seeds out in the fields of our lives? How did we tend to our crop? Is our bounty plentiful when we look out across our fields? Do we all ask these questions when we reflect on our lives, but to truly ask ourselves when the time comes to answer GOD. Where have we casted seeds out along our journey to grow and be fruitful? GOD tells us that the vine is GOD...

Good day wonderful people of the Chippewa County Churches.

Summer is still holding on. Well, it is today as I sit here thinking and pondering about life. There was an Instagram video of Mary and I’s granddaughter Harper asking, “What is the purpose of life?” Pretty profound for a five-year-old to even be thinking about what is the purpose? Do we have one? She thought about the answer and said she didn’t know. No surprise at this stage in her life, but how about us? Do we

know? Reverend Rick Warren has many books on a purpose driven life...

Do you feel it in the air? The coolness when the sun goes down out of sight. Even the longevity of daylight is dwindling and fading away ever so slightly every evening. From our back porch I watch as the sun keeps moving farther and farther south in the blue sky and keeps setting in a different place on that western horizon each setting of the sun. This is the season we dislike realizing summer is leaving and yet we look forward to the coming of the next season. So many of us love fall, I am one of those that enjoy fall and wished it would last more than a quick couple of months...