Wesley United Methodist Church, Orange TX

You know there are some really nice people in the world.  Maria and Robert in the picture are two of them.  Somehow they knew that I was the Pastor at Wesley UMC and we had a nice conversation about everything from watermelons to Spanish speaking church services.  They attend the Pentecostal church right down the street from their watermelon stand on South Street in West Orange.  While you may not see them at the stand, their son Jose, their right and left hand man,  may be there giving them a break.

Jeremy (my son-in-law who took the picture) and I went to the stand to get a watermelon and some pictures for his blog.  It was nice to visit with people who are interested in starting a new Spanish speaking church services at the Pentecostal Church.  Not a bad idea for many of us in our churches to consider.  After all is not our Christian Faith all about getting the Word out to all of the world.  Jesus Christ charged His Disciples to take His message to the ends of the earth so that all men could hear and believe.

Our churches have been built by people of our communities and as the demographics change in our communities we need to reach out to those new people who are living next door to us.  Remember Jesus put Loving God with all your heart, mind and strength with loving your neighbor as the two most important commandments He could give.   He did not say to love just the white ones or the black ones or the brown ones or the yellow ones or the red ones, He said to love your neighbor.  So get out there and love your neighbor, neighborhood, city, state, country and show the world the love that Jesus was talking about.

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