Please continue to keep Paula’s housing saga in prayer. The house they left is still for sale in Minnesota — prayers that it sell soon! The apartment they planned to move into here in the Boston area had exposed asbestos, so they are living now in a temporary housing situation, with their household goods in storage, and searching for another place to land. Ugh! Please pray for the Frosts, Herb and Paula, as they work through this settlement with us. For more ways to encourage them, please email Pastor George. We will officially install Paula as a Highrock pastor on September 20 — her email is PaulaF@highrock.org.

One thing you told us in July stuck with the team: the 754 Greendale Avenue space still feels borrowed, not owned — even though we hold half the deed. That distinction is shaping how we’re evaluating everything, including options that would let MetroWest have space that’s truly, permanently ours: Kidsrock murals that don’t come down on Monday, a sanctuary that doesn’t need to be rebuilt every Sunday morning. We don’t have an answer yet. But what you said in July is doing real work in this process — not just being filed away.

Last year, many of us journeyed through Practicing the Way together, learning what it means to become apprentices of Jesus. This fall, we’re building on that foundation. Beginning the week of October 5, we’ll be launching our fall Practicing the Way studies on Service and Witness. Together, we’ll explore what it means to love like Jesus and to naturally share His hope with the people God has placed in our lives. Go here to register! We hope you’ll prayerfully consider joining a group this fall.