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Moving Forward

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O God, we pray for this congregation, Salem Church, and our future with you. Show us what you are doing, Lord, and allow us to be a part of it. Amen. We have prayed this prayer for the last several weeks in our worship services. Now the Administrative Council has unanimously agreed to consider purchasing the King of Kings Lutheran Church building. As we continue to pray, how will we as a congregation decide to move forward? Some things are outside of our control . We do not control time. If the Kenwood Park building sells, we will need to be out in sixty days. Furthermore, if we do not begin making decisions now, we will not be ready to act later. We cannot make time stand still. Life is not static. Change happens. The question is, will we be intentional about making change to follow God’s leading or will we passively receive change that we do not choose? The future of our downtown location is also beyond our control. We should have a better idea in another month what decisions the cit