Having some inner thoughts lately about the purpose of my life, the way I lead our church, and the reason that I am involved in work throughout our community. It is my desire to help others, churches and organizations as well as individuals, to make a difference in the community around us. “Demonstrate the love of God to our community” – our church purpose statement “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson “No one has ever become poor by giving.” ― Anne Frank, diary of Anne Frank: the play “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” ― John Bunyan “If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.” ― W...