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This weekend we kick off our “Be Full” celebration – our annual pause to highlight and celebrate our Missions (Be Full) program. Simply put, “missions” is everything we do as a church – by serving, giving, going and praying – to show and tell people outside of our church about the love of Jesus. That includes people “across the street” as well as those “around the world” in difficult and sometimes dangerous places. We kick off the celebration with two of our missions partners who are working in those difficult and dangerous places – and seeing God do amazing things through their willingness to serve him.

Today we wrap up the Awaken series with a look at legacy. We all want to live lives that matter, especially as we get older. We seek to be remembered for (good) things that are enduring – things that last. The Cape Cod Awakening was part of an enduring phenomenon that affected much of America, with impacts that are still being felt today, both here on Cape Cod and around the world. But how do we leave our own, enduring, positive legacy?

For a month or so we’ve been talking about spiritual awakening and have been telling the story of the awakening that took place in Falmouth beginning in 1809. This week we look at a specific family that was influenced by – and then influenced – that awakening, Suzanna Fish and her husband Thomas. Suzanna was deeply worried about being “good enough” to be a Christian, which brings up the question: how good is “good enough” – and how can I know if I am? How can I have peace about my relationship with God?