Hopes and dreams.

We all have them.

For our lives.

For our children, if we have them.

For our community, our nation, and our world.

And we have hopes and dreams as a church, as well.

Hopes and dreams are more than wishful thinking.

Hopes and dreams can motivate us to think in new and

dramatic ways.

A new energy can fill our hearts and minds, as we become

increasingly open to, and aware of, the movement of the Holy

Spirit, both with within us and around us.

This fall, during our Stewardship Campaign, we want to ask

the question: “What If?”

What if we prayed for God to move in fresh, new, and

unmistakable ways?

What if we really did our best to “seek God’s Kingdom first”,

and allow God to use us in ways we may never have imagined?

What if we commit ourselves to do something extraordinary

for our community and our neighbors?

Hopes and dreams.

They can open us to new possibilities - new opportunities -

new life.

With that in mind, we invite you to prayerfully consider your

commitment to Community UMC, through your financial

support and your participation in the many ways we are

seeking to be the hands and feet of Jesus in Fruitland Park.

Won’t you join us in dreaming of what God would have us to

do and to become?

You Are Loved,

Kelly W. Smith                                                   Ben Spangler

Senior Pastor                                                    Associate Pastor