THE PEOPLE ARE THE CHURCH
LET’S BE THE CHURCH
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lesson we recently had in Children’s Church was defining who or what is the church. When I asked the question to my group of kindergarteners through 4th graders, the answers didn’t surprise me. All but one gave the same answer: buildings. Bricks, wood, floors, gyms, Sunday School rooms, and the list went on. But Thomas, Thomas just simply said, “The people. The people make the church. We are the church.” This kid is spot on. God uses the church to get His work done here on earth, and our church stepped up big time to make our biggest ever VBS happen. We had over 100 people volunteer for everything from prep work and cleaning to leading children. Sometimes people want to volunteer but are afraid they “don’t know enough” or “what if something happens and I can’t be there one night so I’m afraid to commit?” There are so many reasons why people are afraid to commit but this year our church stepped up big time and made the commitment. They did it! And because of you, we were able to minister to over 800 people each night and even more through Facebook live. Our volunteers had more fun than ever and you could sense “community” happening all around. New friendships and relationships being formed - between volunteers. Between volunteers and kids. Now that’s what it’s about. Being the church, serving God’s people, building relationships. Let’s continue to be the church and sit back and watch God work through us.
BY TRISH GRAVES
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