On PWOC Sunday, I was able to speak to our congregation at Fort McPherson. Besides sharing the theme Scriptures, I asked the worshippers some hard questions.
While looking at our New Testament Scripture (I Peter 2:9-10), we see Who Christ is and who we are in Christ. He becomes our identity. And that leads me to ask these questions about Christ, you, and PWOC.
Who is Jesus Christ?
Who are you?
Who are we as a ministry?
Who are we trying to reach?
How welcome are the unchurched in our groups?
Are we comfortable sharing the Gospel with someone from a different background?
What about the young spouse with her many tattoos and piercings?
What should the face of PWOC look like?
In what or whom do we put our trust?
Is in the pin we wear? or our matching t-shirts? or our abundance of black conference bags? or this familiar logo?
Is our identity wrapped up in our stuff?
Or is our identity as Christians and participants in the Protestant Women of the Chapel in Jesus Christ Himself?
In the grace only He can give? In the regenerating and sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit in our lives?
This is where our true identity lies — not in our externals (what we put on) but in Whose we are (Christ’s).
Melinda Hemphill, PWOCI Communications
