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Agape is not sentimental. It is active. It chooses patience over reaction, curiosity over judgment, presence over distance. It is the love that steps toward one another even when we don’t fully understand each other. It is the love that creates space, listens longer than feels comfortable, and believes that the Spirit is at work in people whose stories we do not yet know.
As we move into this new season together, my hope is that we will lean into this calling — not as a theme for a year, but as a way of being. In gatherings, in board meetings, in team selection, in conversations in the parking lot after Closing — may we ask not, “How do I protect my corner?” but “How do I clothe myself with Christ in this moment?”
I am grateful for the past — for the leaders, servants, musicians, cooks, prayer warriors, and table leaders who have faithfully carried this community to where it is today. And I am genuinely excited for what’s ahead. Not because everything will be easy, but because God is faithful, and because we are not walking into the future alone.
Thank you for welcoming me into this role. I look forward to walking this road with you — one in Christ, held together by agape love.
With gratitude. DeColores,
Jason
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