LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – This Sunday, we will complete our three-part series asking, “God, Are You There?”

We began with the beautiful Psalm 23:1-3, restoration, “You Restore my Soul,” followed by Psalm 23:4, comfort, “You Are with Me.”

And now we will follow with Psalm 23:5-6, protection – What does David mean by “God prepares a table for me in the presence of my enemies?” What, not whom, are the enemies in your life? “Goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,” indicates God is with us in the here and now!

This is not a psalm for the dead; it is for us, the living. It is a place we can walk and talk side by side with the Lord. That place in our soul that can regain peace and strength as we navigate this life.

Join us as we discuss exactly how powerful God’s love, peace, strength, and victory are, and how that grace is available to each of us.

For that get-up-early place to worship, join our Potter Valley United Methodist Church, 10075 Main St., Potter Valley, at 9 a.m.

Join Clearlake Oaks UMC, 12487 The Plaza, at noon.

For an afternoon service join with us at Clearlake UMC, 14521 Pearl Avenue at 2 p.m.

We welcome all to come for a visit to one of our churches and begin with us our three-part series, “God, Are You There?”

Dawn-Karen Roberts is pastor of the United Methodist Churches in Clearlake, Clearlake Oaks and Potter Valley.