PS Note

Paul Sartarelli

February 2
A Sanctuary or an Airport? Yes!

The cover of our bulletins for the next few weeks will have one of two, soon to be familiar, pictures for Chapel “nation.” You may have noticed randomly distributed bulletins adorned by a stained glass window or a parking lot of planes at an airport.

The stained glass window reminds us that we are a sanctuary. Sacred things happen within The Chapel. As we worship and exalt the triune God, we allow him to use our teaching and many other ministries to equip us to serve one another in our journey toward Christ-likeness.  

As is often the case, C.S. Lewis has just the right words that help us understand the nature of things. In regards to the church and our calling to be a sanctuary, Lewis writes, “The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men [people] into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.”

And what did Christ himself do while he mimicked us, walking our dusty streets? What is the personal mission of us “little Christs“? Well, Christ himself pursued those who were lost, and loved those who were unlovely. Our aim should be no less—which reminds us of the other bulletin picture, the airport. A call for the church, The Chapel, to be the place, not of destination, but of preparation, that we may best reflect Christ and take on his mission of love, wherever it is we are going.

Welcome to the sanctuary.

Welcome to the airport.

May the world be a better place because we have passed through here or on our way to there.