Ahhh… with the promise of 80+ degree days, I can finally see that summer is certainly drawing near!  I knew it would happen, but in the heart of the cold and snowy days of winter, it was soooo hard to imagine.  Summer holds so many exciting opportunities for families, whether it is spending long warm days just relaxing by the pool with your kids, hanging out at the ball fields, going on picnics, camping, riding bikes, taking a vacation or holding a lemonade stand in the front yard, summer is meant to be spent and enjoyed with your family.  Often there are so many great and worthwhile activities that attending church and enjoying fellowship with other believers can fall into the background.   1 Corinthians 12:12 says… The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. (NIV)  Because the body of Christ is one unit, just as our body is one unit, we feel it when our brothers and sisters in Christ aren’t at church (even if it is only for those dog days of summer)… wouldn’t you miss your foot if suddenly it disappeared?  So… my prayer for the congregation of Lighthouse Community Church this summer is that we would do all the fun things like hanging at the ball field, vacationing and holding a lemonade stand, but that our growth in Christ would continue through our desire to meet with His people in His church.

-Kristan