This Sunday our Wilton 10am congregation launches! More than 2 years in the making. Fuelled by much prayer and planning. Seeking to share life in Christ with more of our Wilton community so that they might be saved and God might be glorified.
It’s been a great joy over these years to see you all growing in your relationship with Jesus and serving one another in love. There are so many ways I have seen God at work among you over these past 7 years: many dozens becoming Christians; many more growing in their faith; many children growing into teenagers and young adults full of joy and life in Christ! We’ve started a Kids Club, a Youth Group, and a playtime, because we recognise the value of children and youth in God’s Kingdom. We’ve invested in the nursing homes ministry and we’ve wrestled with Gods Word and how it ought to shape our lives.
There’s not a chance our current Wilton congregation would fit in the old St Luke’s Wilton Church building, it feels funny to imagine us in that space.
And those seven years are only a small part of God’s work in Picton and Wilton over more than 170 years since Thomas Hassall (the galloping parson) rode his horse over Razorback to conduct services in the Antill homestead. Praise God for his faithfulness and love – as he continues to use frail and fragile people like you and me to achieve his purposes in the world!
What a joy it is to follow Jesus! What a joy it is to see him answer our prayers in the launching of this new congregation. Join me in praying that many will come to find life in Christ on Sunday mornings at Wilton, and many more will grow in their faith and love for Christ. Pray for the Wilton Mornings Team, that they might be protected from Satan’s schemes, and that they will be united in Christ and filled with joy and hope.
Yours in Christ,
Ben
