July 2025 – Elder’s Message

In me there is darkness, But with You there is light;

I am lonely, but You do not leave me;

I am feeble in heart, but with You there is help;

I am restless, but with You there is peace.

In me there is bitterness, but with You there is patience;

I do not understand Your ways, But You know the way for me.


Lord Jesus Christ,

You were poor and in distress, a captive and forsaken as I am.

You know all man’s troubles; You abide with me

When all men fail me; You remember and seek me;

It is Your will that I should know you and turn to You.

Lord, I hear Your call and follow;
Help me.

– Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison