Tuesday, June 2, 2015

JOHN

Good Morning! I’m John Branning the Lead Pastor of

Central United Methodist Church. At Central we are for

people having servant’s hearts that are willing to meet

people where they are so that we can connect them to

God. As we cultivate relationships with other people we

have to remember that not everyone has had the same life

experience that you and I have had; and because of this,

we have to listen to the life of the other person and see

how we can share our faith in Jesus.

There are people that are what I like to say are “shopping

before they buy” when it comes to following Jesus.

Therefore, we have to meet people where they are in life

with all of the brokenness, scars and baggage that they

can possible bring with them. The greatest moments of

Jesus’ ministry was not in places of worship with other

religious people, it was when he was with the broken, the

sick, the lost and he was able to connect with them and

offer them a better way.

I hope that we don’t forget that this morning and we enter

into the world full of broken people. Have a servant’s heart

and meet people where they are. I invite you to Central

where we are for people having servant’s hearts and are