{"id":6430,"date":"2026-05-02T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T15:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flcssc.org\/wordpress\/?p=6430"},"modified":"2026-05-02T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T15:15:09","slug":"ponderings-from-pastor-patti-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flcssc.org\/wordpress\/2026\/05\/02\/ponderings-from-pastor-patti-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponderings from Pastor Patti &#8211; May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"\"><p><strong>John 14:27<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>\u201cPeace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.\u00a0 Not as the world gives do I give to you.\u00a0 Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em>We continue this month in the Easter season with the focus on the promises our parents and sponsors made at our Baptism, and then learned through our own faith development, so we could commit to those promises for ourselves at Confirmation.\u00a0 I hope reviewing these promises and listening to the encounters between Jesus and his disciples in this first half of our Easter season has helped to deepen your relationship with God.\u00a0 Easter is a season that helps us recognize Jesus in our own lives by hearing the stories about Jesus with the disciples after the Resurrection.\u00a0 He shows himself in body when he comes into the upper room while they hide from the authorities.\u00a0 And he tells them not to fear and then makes himself known to them in the bread and wine.\u00a0 We continue learning about Jesus as He prepares us to know Him without his physical presence.\u00a0 Jesus lives on in us in Spirit and strengthens us with that spirit to live on and carry out God\u2019s mission in this world to love and care for one another.<\/p>\n<p>May is a crazy, busy month for many as we experience graduations, Mother\u2019s Day, and make preparations for the summer schedules, but take time in the midst of all that to \u201csee\u201d God and breathe in the goodness of God\u2019s presence in our lives.\u00a0 Breathe out the busyness of our lives.\u00a0 Find moments this month to watch the trees and bushes fully blossom, breathe in the freshness of new life, and as you spring clean, breathe out the old dust and debris in your minds that keep you from fully seeing Jesus present among us.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blessings in this journey,<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pastor Patti<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 14:27\u00a0 \u201cPeace I leave with you; 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