Fall Kick-Off at Hilltop

September is the month when football “kicks-off.” Television stations advertising is focusing on upcoming professional and collegiate games. Last Sunday Marilyn and I saw a local high school team practicing. The season has started.

  

September is “Kick-Off Month” for Hilltop as well.

September 9th is “Kick-Off Sunday.” For example, all the music ministry groups will return in September to enchant us with their musicality. Our United Methodist Women have their kick-off luncheon. Youth resumes. Christian education starts with a number of different offerings. Additionally we have baptisms and commissioning. The summer season is now over and we are back and there is a lot going on. 

I invite you to use September as a time to look at the various small groups or educational opportunities offered and engage. The Jesus of the Gospels stopped by fishing villages, tax collection booths and other remote locations in Galilee and invited humble, everyday people like you and me to join him in what ended up being a life, and world-altering encounter. Jesus’ personal kick-off with those invited encouraged them to “come and see.” He invited them into a fuller relationship with their God. 

My invitation is for you to come and see what is going on at Hilltop. And I invite you to find a Hilltop activity that will help deepen your relationship with your God and your Creator. 

• If you have not been at worship for a while, let me invite you make attendance a weekly expectation for yourself. 
• If you have been at worship but not taking part in religious education, let me invite you to so order your life to make your level of discipleship deeper and your theology more clear. 
• If you have been in one group focused on religious education, and are not growing, let me invite you to change groups and see if the change will reinvigorate your growth. 
• If you have a musical talent that is untapped, let me invite you to offer your talents in one of the Hilltop musical groups. 
• If you have a desire to change the life of a child on a weekly or monthly basis, let me invite you to help children grow spiritually. 

This is the time when the sport of football “kicks-off” the season. Let this be for us at Hilltop the season where we kick-off a new, revitalized relationship with Hilltop, the people that make it the quality church it is, and God. 

Yours in Christ, 

Pastor Dennis