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Happy Monday, CCC! 

With Pastor Blake out of town this weekend, I wanted to step in and share some thoughts and reflections on the day that was yesterday, and some encouragement as we head into yet another week. 

It's always a joy when we gather and sing together, and a big part of that joy comes from the musicians who join me on stage each week.  They always put in a lot of time and effort to lead us well in our music on Sundays, but sometimes the way they selflessly serve shines especially bright, and that was the case with Mary Bracken yesterday.  Many of you know that this has been a really hard week for the Brackens as they've dealt with repeated vandalism of their home and property.  And yet, in the middle of all of it, Mary pressed in and led us beautifully on a week when no one would have blamed her for stepping back.  When we gathered as a band to pray and take communion before the gathering, it was powerful to hear her talk about how every song hit differently this morning in the midst of her sufferings this week.  I'm thankful for her, and for many other stories I could tell you week by week of our worship team members faithfully serving and leading through all of life's ups and downs.  I'm so thankful for them!

I'm thankful for Kenny's faithful preaching to us on a tough and challenging subject.  Anxiety of one type or another is something that all of us have wrestled with, and I'm thankful for Kenny's exhortation to us to seek the King and the Kingdom rather than fixing our eyes on the multitude of troubles we face, and to seek his righteousness rather than trying to perform and manufacture our own.  We've got so many guys who faithfully study and teach the word well here are CCC, and I'm thankful for Kenny and for all of them!

I'm thankful for new life in Christ, and for parents who faithfully point their children to him!  What a joy to celebrate with Owen and Madeline as they baptized Charlie!  As Kenny reminded us, Charlie's faithful example preached the gospel to us yesterday just as much as Kenny's sermon did, and it's a joy to be able to celebrate that together.  Keep following Jesus, Charlie, and we're all excited to see how he grows you and where he takes you as you do!

I'm thankful for you, CCC!  It's a joy to see your faces on Sundays, to hear the din of conversation filling every corner of the church as we gather, and to be reminded that God has called us together.  I'm looking forward to the chance to be together with our neighbors this Saturday at the Shelbyville Celebration of Lights, the downtown festival that kicks off the holiday season here in town.  The festivities will last from 3-8 PM, and members of our worship team will be playing some Christmas music from the courthouse steps from 6:00-6:15, just before the lighting of the tree!  So come on out and join your voices with us one extra time this week, and let's remind Shelbyville that our hope in the Christmas season - and every season - is in the one who lived, died, and rose again to put to death our anxieties and fears and welcome us into his kingdom as joint heirs with Jesus.  

I'll see you downtown, CCC!

D.J.