Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

The Pinecone | June 2025 • 9 • Reflections Maxie Dunnam June Vesper Services | 6:30pm | Performing Arts Center June 12 Donna Gerald Associate Rector St. John's Episcopal Church June 19 Pastor Mike Weaver Formerly Christ Methodist Church June 26 Rev Jim McKinney Senior Pastor St. Luke's Untited Methodist June 5 David Jackson Retired MUS Chair Religion Department Whatever our experience, there is no Christianity apart from the Church. This is true because there is no such thing as solitary Christianity. Although our Christian faith and experience must be personal, it cannot be private. The more private we seek to make it, the more distorted it becomes. Jesus' life and ministry were never matters of private religious feelings that he kept to himself: He lived his life for others. A personal experience of Christ kept private soon dies. Jesus promised his presence in community: "Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them". (Matthew 18:20). By NO SOLITARY CHRISTIAN The birth of the Church was the first act of the Holy Spirit after the resurrection and ascension of Jesus. The Holy Spirit came upon that little group gathered in an upper room in Jerusalem. The Spirit came because they obeyed Jesus, stayed together, and waited for the promise. The Christian faith and experience continues in that style through history: people staying together, obedient, mutually accountable, responsive to the Spirit and Christ. Let’s remember and practice that as we seek to live together in our Kirby community.