A Lasting Impact

As a kid I loved pal gum and bubble machines.  The only problem was that the gum, while a sugar blast on the first chew, lost its flavor within ten seconds and the bubbles were so fragile that they popped as soon as you touched them.  I dreamed of summers that never ended and trips to the beach that could last forever, but inevitably the sun burns and sand rashes faded almost as quickly as the hermit crabs within the shells of those stowaways in the suitcase.  School restarted and summer baseball, football, and kick the can games came to a screeching halt.  Much like the excitement over new things at Christmas and birthdays the lasting impact was often short lived.

This Sunday we will be congratulating our graduating seniors and talking about lives that matter in the final week’s segment “A Lasting Impact”…on and through us.  I hope you will join us at Encounter to finish the four week series that began with Depending on Jesus (MP3), Being Real (MP3) and Loving Others (MP3).

A couple questions for you to consider…

Who has had a lasting impact in your life?  How?

What experiences have had a lasting impact on you?  How?

Rev. Vaughn Stafford
Minister over Contemporary Worship