I begin by letting you know I wrote this when the results of the election and the responses from various groups around the country were still unsure (recognizing they still may be unsure even at the time I read this to you). I know some of us may be elated and some of us may be devastated. I know some of us are anxious and some of us are at peace. We do not know everything going on around us in our country, but we know it is, has, and will continue to affect our church life together.

I have two messages. First, God is here for you. Our God does not abandon us when we feel our country has failed us. Our God does not abandon us when we feel our country has excelled for us. Our God did not abandon the Israelite's when they were in Egypt. God did not forget the people under Marxist Communism, nor Apartheid, nor genocide, nor democracies at the best and worst. God can support you, reach out.

Second, we are here for you. When I say we, I mean your pastors. When I say we, I mean your leaders. When I say we, I mean your fellow church members. If you are in pain, we are here to support you, to pray for you, to listen to you, to love you. I know a couple of us pastors may feel foreign to you with all the changes, but I invite you not to let any unfamiliarity you may have with us be a barrier between us! Perhaps God has brought us together at this time for just this purpose so we can go through a difficult time together. You can find our phone numbers and emails all over the place. We can support you, reach out.

—Jonny Moor