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Today in staff meeting we discussed how to make our Church friendlier and be more inviting to visitors. We spent a great deal of time trying to come up with some plan to help in this area of our Church’s life. The more we discussed it the more God seemed to be saying to my heart let God work on this with you. Taking the class on Experiencing God has taught me that I need to look where God is working and join Him. But I still find myself doing some planning and then asking God to join me. That path does not lead to a good place. It leads to my way and that is not always God’s way. As I am writing these words, Joan, the Church’s youth worker, came into my office to give me a tee-shirt. I tried it on and it not only fit but had a great message. The message was one word -pray. That is the real secret to life -pray. When I think about visitors in our Church prayer is the answer. God can and does lead people to the church they are to be connected with. May I be a person of prayer that helps others to pray and be in touch with God. First O’Fallon United Methodist Church isn’t my Church or even the United Methodist system’s Church -It is God’s. Because it is His I am praying more and more that I am faithful to the vision He has for this Church at this time.