Pastor Steve’s Blog Feb 24, 2019 Well, the time has arrived for the called special General Conference meeting in St. Louis, MO from Feb 23-26 to deal with the issue of what will be the United Methodist Church’s stance on the subject of human sexuality. The point of my blog this week is to encourage you to continue to pray for God’s wisdom and guidance for both the lay and clergy delegates that are attending this called special General Conference from all over the world. This issue has been debated at every General Conference (which meets every four years) since I was in High School in the mid-1970’s, so I know the delegates are feeling the weight of this issue. As I mentioned in my pastoral letter to the congregation, there are strongly held beliefs on both sides of this issue and those beliefs should be respected. It is ok for us to have a disagreement of belief on this, and other issues, because God will not love us any less. We live in a world affected by sin, so none of us has the perfect answer or all the revelation on any issue with which we grapple. Knowing that should help to keep us humble. Therefore, as humble servants of Christ, let us esteem others more highly than ourselves and be kind to one another…even in our disagreements.