Dear Church Family,
This past week-end Ruth and I were able to be with all our children and grandchildren at a Retreat center in Ohio. We arrived Friday night and left Monday a.m. What a joyful time we had as we spent time together. On Sunday morning we decided to attend Peebles Church of God which was about 20 minutes from where we were staying and they asked me to preach. Of course, I agreed and we had a great time.
During this time there was something that happened that made me think about the way our lives intersect with others. The pastors wife talked to us and told us that she had been in Martha, Ky at the church of God when I preached in 1978. She had been a young person and remembered that Sunday morning so many years ago. I wonder how many people will say to us at some point in our lives that they remember when we did such and such a thing. Our lives impact others in ways we may never know but there I was 32 years later as this Pat Keaton told me about our intersection of life in a little church in Martha, Ky. It is amazing how God uses us in our lives.
While on our 4 day vacation I watched the people in the camp ground and was reminded that there are all kinds of people in this world. We took our grand daughters to the lake that was there and as we sat there we heard all kinds of talk and saw people from all kinds of backgrounds. But the one thing that was obvious to me was the need that men and women have for Jesus. When we left the camp ground to go to church there did not appear to be others who were doing the same thing. Due to the size of the camp ground there were probably a few others that I did not see but there were not very many. I wonder how many Christian people were there and chose not to go to corporate worship? It would appear to me that the Christian witness of being part of Sunday worship is of great importance but that there are others who see it as of secondary importance. Who will be effected by their choices? Just a question.

Pastor H. G. Rudd