Weekly Letter from Ron & Mary Kernohan

September 25, 2026

GREETINGS TO ALL!

We are now in the season of autumn, and getting ready for thanksgiving for the harvests that are even now underway. We have so much to enjoy around us, the fellowship of brothers and sisters in Jesus at Brentview Baptist Church, but also meeting friends who attend other gatherings of believers around this great city.

As you read through this week’s newsletter, make note of any topics for prayer that the Lord nudges you to consider before Him. Blessings on you all this week.

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WEEKLY and UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

FITNESS WITH FRIENDS meets each Monday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. except for statutory holidays. We welcome you to join a  community of building a lifestyle of fitness.

Pickleball is on Thursdays at 9:00 am in the church gym as usual. All ages welcome.

DISCOVERY CLASS is at 9:30 am on Sundays in the church gym as usual. Come for a wonderful hymnsing, orchestra led, and a lesson from Scripture!

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PRAYER REQUESTS‍ ‍

• Pray for Rose Martins who is recovering from a fall.

• Pray for Bob and Sheila who are at home but facing a lot of medical challenges. We rejoice that Bob is back from the hospital, but people continue to uphold him in your prayers.

• Pray for Pastor Ron and Mary that they will enjoy their brief break and return safely to us.

• Pray for: the bereaving, the suddenly single, the shut-ins, the caregivers, the convalescing, and those facing or passing through great challenges. for others you may know who are going through various challenges in life.

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Meditation

This past Sunday we sang hymns to remember one of the disciples of Jesus, Matthew. One of the songs, “The Wise May Bring Their Learning,” carried an intergenerational message. It asked, “What can we children bring?” Adults may dismiss the hymn as “being for kids.” Even so, this term, “children” is the very word that John uses throughout 1 John…”my little children, my dear children.”

In his book of 1 John, the “disciple whom Jesus loved” points out the supremacy of love in all that we do, particularly for each other. The hymn we enjoyed on Sunday reminds us that our greatest gifts of love are not in objects that we bring to the Lord. No, the best gifts are our hearts, hearts for which Jesus came to restore to full fellowship with God, His Father. That, too, is a gift we enjoy…the gift of salvation by grace through faith.

As we sing those hymns which are, indeed, written for the benefit and upbringing of children, may we, too, enfold those hymns to our hearts, recognizing that we, too, are Children of the Heavenly Father. May we find fresh joy in knowing that there is nothing that delights God’s heart more than being someone who looks forward to being with Him and then makes the time to do so. May you take the time to sing through the hymn this week, read through 1 John, as well, and. as a result, may you enjoy each day ahead!

 Blessings on you all.

…by Paul Miller, 

Ron Kernohan, pastor of Seniorsl