On Sunday, November 26, 2023, VLC gathered in person and also broadcast online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart shared a message about when Jesus interacted with three different people who pledged their allegiance but were disillusioned with the requirements that Jesus presented them. From this passage, we are encouraged to follow Jesus outside our comfort zone, according to his terms, and without a rearview mirror.

Then he and his disciples went to another village.
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
He said to another man, “Follow me.”
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”
Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:56-62 (NIV)