Our Pastor
 Kathy King
(507) 382-2483

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”  2 Timothy 3:15-17 NIV

It’s Sunday evening and I am thinking about our worship service this morning, namely—our joint service at Blooming Grove. Moses shared a message with one youth and the bigger “kids” who listened in to the story about Moses instructed by God to strike the rock and provide water for the grumbling Israelites at Rephidim.  The story is a familiar story for many of us who have been blessed to hear it again and again. God

-breathed Scripture is filled with the stories God wants us to know; to remember and to tell them to the generations that come after us. It is our privilege as God’s people yet I wonder how many of our grandchildren and great grandchildren will know Bible stories. God used the prophets and authors of the books of the Bible to “teach, rebuke, and train” God’s people so that they and we would be ready and equipped for the work of the Kingdom. May we be people who use the blessing of God’s Word to prepare and equip ourselves for the job.

• Our confirmation students gathered for our first meeting this afternoon. What a blessing to get to know and learn with our parish youth as we journey through this year. We will have two students confirmed next May with six first year students.  

• Saturday, October 3rd, Waterville Evangelical UMC will host their annual Chicken and Biscuit Dinner. Serving starts at 4:30 and goes until 6:30 p.m. It is a time to enjoy a great meal and fellowship.

• I am looking forward to our gathering next Sunday, October 4th at the Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm for our Parish World Communion Sunday worship where we will be joined by our new Conference Superintendent, Reverend Michelle Hargrave, and the folks from Faith United Methodist Church in Waseca.

• Our final joint service of 2026 will be October 25th at Waterville EUMC. Worship that day begins at 10:15. I want to thank everyone on the Worship Committee and the PPRC who worked together to plan for our joint services and a special shout out to Judy Mahler for planning music for and leading the Pop-Up Choirs that have made our joint services even more special—and a huge thank you to the choir members! What a blessing you are to this pastor.

• Looking ahead, our 2026 Church Charge Conference will be at Waterville Evangelical UMC (the last Prairie Winds Cluster Conference of this year) on November 22nd at 1:00 p.m. Church leaders should log onto the People Portal to complete their respective forms for our church packets. 

This month is our month to bring out the fall and Halloween decorations.  Blessings dear ones!