Reflections on a Centennial
Our Souderton church celebrated its 100th anniversary yesterday. The event has caused me to research the history of this local church and has given me perspective on my own efforts to serve God. The local church began with great ambitions, then faltered, then grew over the next ten years by the work of an ambitious layman, then engaged in a long string of new initiatives. What strikes me is that few of these efforts created immediate, obvious success but all of them contributed to an impressive cumulative result. It suggests that our impact on the world has less to do with big moments than it has to do with steady service.