For the second year, my church closed its doors on a fall weekend to send its attenders into the community to perform thousands of acts of service.
Meeting in the church parking lot on Saturday morning, the band plays worship songs and people drink their hot coffee, waiting for a few words of direction and a prayer. From this location teams will travel to work on run-down homes, food pantries, flower beds, homeless shelters, an auto repair center for the poor, and much more. Nearly 3,000 people gave several hours of their weekend to make a difference in the community. It was a great day.
I helped with Food Rescue (www.foodrescue.net). Some of the team picked up pizza and delivered it to Wheeler Mission. We have more great events scheduled tomorrow and I’ll tell you about it then. But for now I can report that nearly 30 pizza’s were collected and delivered.
The funny thing is that I had this idea about 12 years ago but could never find a way to make it happen. When this thing was mentioned, I was blown away. It’s one thing to tell 150 people to go into the community. It is another to find something for thousands to do.
Bottom line: I’m really proud of my church. As church’s go, it isn’t perfect, but it sure is close.
