[Jesus said,] "… you are anxious about many things, but one thing is necessary."  (Lk. 10:41-42a)
Summer has arrived, and with it, all the summertime activities that we have been looking forward to. Fun things like vacations, cookouts, visiting family and friends, family trips, baseball, swimming, fishing, and golfing. There are also those projects and “honey dos” that we have been piling up that we’re looking forward to getting done now that summer has come: cleaning out the garage, having that yard sale, fixing this and that or taking on that home improvement project. Each summer both of those lists seem to never get shorter, and there never seems to be enough summer to get it all in before school starts up again, the fields are calling to be harvested, or our vacation time is used up. 
So, we organize those items on those lists according to priority, in order to get the things we really WANT to happen, or we really MUST get done before summer ends. 
Sadly, one of the things that often gets moved to the bottom of our lists or forgotten entirely is the one thing necessary. The one thing necessary no matter the season. And that one thing necessary is to receive Jesus and His Word. Indeed, it is most necessary as this is the one thing on your lists that will not only benefit you now during the days of summer, but also into eternity. Yet most pastors will tell you that their church attendance declines every summer, as people allow their lists of other things to crowd out that one thing that Jesus says is necessary for us to receive.
As you’re making those lists for the weeks of summer, I encourage you to make it the #1 priority to continue to receive the one thing necessary. For Jesus, Himself, said, “Seek first the Kingdom of God, and all the rest will be added unto you.”
A blessed Summer to all.

Your Servant in Christ,
Pastor J. Kevin Wyckoff