Tuesday, December 27, 2011

30+ Days of Giving Thanks, Day 57: the Mid-Hudson/Union Association

Today I am expressing thanks for the Mid-Hudson/Union Association of American Baptist Churches of New York State (phew! that’s a mouthful!). This association of approximately 30 churches in our Hudson River valley area is a networked collection of local churches with some important points of common interest. In this association are several pastors who actively participate in monthly breakfast meetings. We gather to share concerns, opportunities, and just to encourage one another and be encouraged.

Not all of our member churches actively participate nor support the association, for which I am somewhat sad. Even so, in the nearly six years of my association with this group, we have seen more of our churches and individual members become more involved. I am thankful for the growth of our association, for the friends I have made here, and for the future that we share.

Thank You, Heavenly Father, for the people, the churches and the pastors of the Mid-Hudson/Union Association.

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