Words & Meditations
Sunday February 8, 2026
I'm happy to be able to announce that we have secured an accommodation for our March 8 gathering at the South Burlington Public Library, located at 180 Market St, South Burlington, VT 05403. This will be a great opportunity to convene together at the aptly named Community Room, and we will be able to do so at the familiar time of 10 AM. Although this may seem to be a time of flux and transition, it is important to recognize that we are exactly where we need to be, even if that does not outwardly appear to line up with our former expectations.
Our own Carole Santare recently blessed us with encouragement from her devotionals. Part of this reads as follows: 'God is a God of order, and nothing about the way He works is random. From the dawn of creation the voice of His Word set matter and elements in their places to govern and operate according to His divine plan.' That is an excellent reminder for all of us to operate with confidence and with the sure and certain knowledge that the Father has new horizons in store for all of us. It is so easy for us to become prisoners of our own preconceptions, bound to expectations based on our own experiences and dreams. When these are not realized, crises of faith and discouragement can sometimes result. Why didn't this happen? Why did this happen? What did we miss? What did we do wrong? While it is good to learn from our mistakes, there comes a time to cease overanalyzing and to move forward - to, as the Marine Corps says, "improvise, adapt, and overcome."
Let us have the audacity to rejoice during this time. Let us focus on becoming excellent in all ways that we can. Most importantly, let us set our sails for the wind of the Spirit and let Him guide us to our true and proper havens.
Thank you,
Cameron J. Ainsworth
Sunday January 25, 2026
As we journey through this time, it is often easy to consider the present as nothing more than a transitional stage. Instead, we should challenge ourselves to not only steel ourselves for the future, but to actively seek for what the Father has in store for us right now. In any stage of life it is important to remember that although we may yearn for the past, and long for the future, we still must deal with the present. It is audacious to seek for those treasures that the Father has in store for us - treasures that may lie before our very eyes. As Yahshua admonished His disciples, 'Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. And where I go you know, and the way you know (John 14:1-4).' Let us seek for the Father in this time as always, knowing that our reward will be certain. Our "mansions" may be aspirational on some level, but if we truly walk in eternal life today, then the truth is that we have our mansions even now. Let us dare to rejoice as we move onward and upward!
Thank you,
Cameron J. Ainsworth