Out of the Believer's Heart Shall Flow Rivers of Living Water

The theme of the assembly this year is "Out of the Believer's Heart Shall Flow Rivers of Living Water" (John 7:38. ) Our worship at the Stated Clerk meeting and the worship of the Assembly in the coming week will reflect that theme. To prepare for the Assembly worship, participants were asked to bring a small amount of water from their local rivers, lakes, and streams. My contribution will be water from the Umatilla River that flows through Pendleton on its way to the Columbia River and the Ocean.  We in Eastern Oregon are deeply aware of the life giving power of the water in rivers as it sustains our bodies, the crops, and our spirits.

I hope this water gathered from all of our peoples will represent a coming together in unity in Jesus' name, a remembering of our common baptism, and a pouring out of the Holy Spirit upon this gathering.

Thanks to Cathy Quackenbush, the new Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of the Cascades for inspiring this post.  You can follow her thoughts at her blog Cascades Presbytery at GA129