This last Sunday would have to go down as the best day of church ever! Our church held the first annual "The Church Has Left The Building" a day designed for us to go and BE the church to our community. We gathered at 9:30 a.m. for a service that felt more like a celebration rally. We sat in our teams divided between local elementary schools and a ranch for inner city kids. At the conclusion we were sent off, over 800 of us, to these schools to work in the heat and humidity to make improvements to the schools. Adults and kids ages 3 and up all participated at we raked, shoveled, weeded, pressure washed, planted, painted and worked tirelessly - many past our 3 p.m. end time. Some schools raised money to buy plants and supplies, other materials were donated by local businesses. The results were schools sporting flowers, trees and shrubs all freshly weeded and mulched. One school had an entire dirt track laid in, another benches and an arbor were built. Even a first time visitor joined in swinging a pick ax to break up concrete at a school. What a great - exhausting - day!
I can't help but wonder if that is how the first church met the needs of their community. Gathering together as a rallying point then launching out to their community to serve - I can't wait to do this again!
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