Westfield Together
Keeping Current
Weekly Update
By Pastor Bobby
Happy Friday,
It's Super Bowl weekend. I guess we shall see if the Chiefs will threepeat or Philly prevails! Will Travis propose to Taylor? Who knows!?!?
What I do know is that on Sunday, we will have great worship and a sermon about sanctification. Sanctification is a word that simply means "becoming holy." It means that the Holy Spirit dwells within the Christian and works in our lives so that our character and actions reflect Jesus more and more. It is ongoing. It is God's grace working in our lives. Here's a great article on the topic - https://learn.ligonier.org/guides/sanctification
Recently I was able to take a short trip to California as part of a preaching cohort, funded by the Lily Foundation. Lily is investing $135 million as part of the Sustainable Preaching Program and I was accepted into one of the groups of ten. For me, this has been enriching because there are a few Westfield folks who provide feedback to the team, I have other evaluations and coaching calls. I love writing delivering sermons but never want to get "stuck in a rut," so this opportunity came at the right time, and the fact it involves church members makes it even better!
Have a great weekend and we will see you Sunday.