A young man in our area was presumed drowned yesterday. He was a buddy of a young man I know. It is pretty sad. Another Grand Haven high school kid... Praying for the family and the community...
That has brought up an issue for me... How do we as a people who follow Jesus - respond to this situation and others like it. Of course there are always the prayers, listening, flowers and cards, but what else can a group of Christ followers do or BE to the community and those impacted at times like this?
I think we need to put together a task force of people from Watermark to work on possible plans for a variety of situations. So that we can be ready to respond - know how we can serve - and be able to be Christ to someone in pain.
Anyways - just some thoughts... This dove tails into what I am talking about this Sunday as we talk about the mission of the church... Being the Church and Making Disciples. How can we move beyond WWJD (What would Jesus Do?) to allowing the very person of Jesus to live through me? Being Jesus to the community! Also we are talking about imprinting others with Christ and have a little suprise for everyone to see... I can't give it away. :)
We start our first pre-view gathering this week and then we are in the weekly schedule! HERE WE GO!
Had a great time yesterday with Pete Yo. helping us with some structure ideas for ministry. Got to hear about the kids ministry a ton - which I am super excited about! Then we hung out at Steve and Jessica's home with the staff families. Great group of people! It is a joy and honor to work along side them!
Well gotta finish up my message for sunday...
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That has brought up an issue for me... How do we as a people who follow Jesus - respond to this situation and others like it. Of course there are always the prayers, listening, flowers and cards, but what else can a group of Christ followers do or BE to the community and those impacted at times like this?
I think we need to put together a task force of people from Watermark to work on possible plans for a variety of situations. So that we can be ready to respond - know how we can serve - and be able to be Christ to someone in pain.
Anyways - just some thoughts... This dove tails into what I am talking about this Sunday as we talk about the mission of the church... Being the Church and Making Disciples. How can we move beyond WWJD (What would Jesus Do?) to allowing the very person of Jesus to live through me? Being Jesus to the community! Also we are talking about imprinting others with Christ and have a little suprise for everyone to see... I can't give it away. :)
We start our first pre-view gathering this week and then we are in the weekly schedule! HERE WE GO!
Had a great time yesterday with Pete Yo. helping us with some structure ideas for ministry. Got to hear about the kids ministry a ton - which I am super excited about! Then we hung out at Steve and Jessica's home with the staff families. Great group of people! It is a joy and honor to work along side them!
Well gotta finish up my message for sunday...
Late-
sd
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