Bluewater Bay Campus eLetter
Thursday, July 23, 2026
From Our Associate Campus Pastor
"Yet you, LORD, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand." Isaiah 64:8 NIV
This verse comes towards the end of the book of Isaiah that we have been studying this summer. On its own, it is an amazing truth about how God has fashioned us: each one of us are made by God with care and purpose. Like a potter forms clay in distinctive ways, we can see God's distinctive mark in every person. That's what Christians call "being made in the image of God." (If you've seen a movie this summer about a certain Greek hero and a giant wooden horse...you can actually pick up on some themes about people being made in God's image and showing hospitality for others as if they were Jesus in disguise! 🙂)
Isaiah 64:8 takes on an even deeper meaning when we look at it in context - when we read the whole chapter and even the section of Isaiah 63:7-65. We find out that God's people are dealing with the reality of their sin and it's consequences. They are crying out to God because they feel like He has abandoned them, and they are asking Him to relent from punishing them and help them recover. (Spoiler alert: God was already on top of that!)
It's important for us to learn how to understand God's Word in its context so that we can listen to God revealing Himself to us and obey Him, rather than twisting His words with our own preferences. That's why we are capping off the summer with a two-week series called Straight Outta Context. I hope you'll join us as we set up a simple framework for reading the Bible well!
Check out the tabs below for information on our Back to School activities and our "Backpack Blessing" moment in services on August 9.
And remember, as you're buying PlayDoh and crayons and school supplies this week.... God's Spirit is faithful to form us into people who look like Jesus.
In Christ,
Meredith Aylward Jordan, Associate Campus Pastor
