What are we called to do? To follow our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who desires that we “love the Lord our God with all our heart, all our soul and all our mind. And to love our neighbor as ourselves.” Needless to say, this is not an easy task and we are not always successful. Yet this approach to community life is the only way such a diverse group of people could join together in prayer as we labor in the Lord’s vineyard striving to fulfill the tasks He has given Zion. Just think of what we have done together!

How have we been able to do what we have done? By placing our plans, our hopes, our dreams and our fears into His hands, trusting in His power to motivate and direct us as we strive to follow where we believe He is leading us.

Rev. John S. Mitchell,
January 1999