Memorial Day Weekend

May 24

Letter from the Pastor
May 26, 2023

As a nation, we honor and mourn those men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The origin of this national day to remember our dead is rooted in our own Civil War where it is estimated that over 650,000 Americans died including Union and Confederate casualties as well as non-combatants. All Americans who perished in one war. That number is staggering, yet, it is only one war. I can only imagine what the number would be for all of the wars and conflicts that have happened since 1775.

As we honor all the men and women who died in service to our county, I ask that we also pray for those men and women who are deployed this day. May they be safe and return home soon. May we also pray for the end of all wars and that there will be war no more.

The Prophet Isaiah saw the great vision that is ours…that can be ours. Let us both pray and work to create that vision into reality.

“The mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say: “Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.

For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations and set terms for many peoples. They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD!” Isaiah 2:1-5

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let Your perpetual light shine upon them.

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.