Saturday, June 13, 2009

Time to BE THE CHURCH!




Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Matt 5:16 NKJV

What we do brings glory to God. Because what we do proves what we believe. We say we want to reach the world but to reach the world you must serve them. God loved the world so much that He gave. The giving proved His love. The church is good at talking about reaching a lost and dieing world but if you are not willing to put some skin in, your really not serious about reaching the world. A section of Vilonia and out skirts of Conway were hit by straight line winds. Lots of trees down, quite a bit of damage. It isn’t the level of damage of Katrina or last years Sherwood storms but it is, none the less, an opportunity to bless our community. We will, as we always have done, activate and go. Everybody is needed. If you have tools such as chain saws, tractors, trucks, trailers or anything else like that bring them. Our greatest needed resource is people. Strong backs would be great but everyone can help.

The Plan…

Our primary mission is to have conversations with the people in the community as we remove debris from their property. We also will be giving out water, and maybe cook some dinner for the block. Read the following to understand the need.

Communication Crews:
Teams of people engaging people in the community in conversations about Jesus. Good listening skills are essential. This team will also invite people to Mercy’s Cross as well as handout invite cards (these have not yet been created).

Work Crews:
Teams running saws, tractors, and removing debris. Strong backs and tolerance for heat is important here. There is inherent danger when you are working around power saws, cutting trees and moving brush, just keep that in mind.

H2O Crews:
People running water to the community as well as our workers to ensure they are hydrated. This team will also be our failsafe if someone gets hurt.

Dinner Crew:
Group of people who will grab the larger grill from Sherwood along with two propane bottles. Round up hamburgers, buns, condiments, and chips to give out to this community. Dinner would be around 5 at quitting time. We want to do this on the block where we are working.

Times
We will abbreviate the service in Conway. Conway service starts at 11:30 am we will meet then for a shortened service (come in your work cloths) afterward we will leave for the hardest hit communities in Conway and the outskirts. For directions mercyscross.com

See you tomorrow.
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