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ANOTHER WORD FROM ANOTHER JOHN This may sound strange to hear your pastor say, but, “I don’t want our church to do more.” God’s church doesn’t need more activities. It needs more activity. That is, it doesn’t need to find more things to do, for the sake of doing more. Rather, the body of Christ needs to ensure it’s active doing, first and foremost, what God called it do. It’s the question of quality vs. quantity. Think of it this way: How many programs did the early church have? Their time was spent in devotion to learning about Jesus and sharing his message. The miraculous activities we read about were consequences of that. I am convinced that model still works today. If we try to do more, it’s going to cost us more money, more time and more commitment. As it is, we do enough to stretch those resources. And, quite frankly, a lot of the activities we do are run by most of the same people. I don’t want to add more to do for those people. What I’d like to see happen is we take the mission of Jesus beyond 1610 Comanche St. Do you want to be a blessing to Corpus Christi? The world? I’m sure you do. Then, in the name of Jesus Christ and in the name of Kelsey Memorial UMC, go be a blessing. There are numerous organizations that are doing the Lord’s work by caring for people in different ways. Most of the time, what they need is people who care enough to be involved. That’s you and me! Those places have systems in place to make the most of anyone’s time
and talents. They also are in the front lines of engaging with people. What I have prayed continuously for is making this idea our reality. Now, obviously, there are things we should still do here. Let’s invite people to church. Let’s host gatherings that help us get to know new people. Of course, let’s worship and study scripture together. Let’s decide on what are our God ideas, not just good ideas—more on that later! And let’s decide that whatever we do here, we do it with every bit of faith, enthusiasm and excellence we have. Most churches are known for something. Often, it’s something about their building or some event they host (the church on the hill or the church that has the big rummage sale). Wouldn’t it be awesome if our city noticed that wherever good is being done our church is there? It wouldn’t be wishful thinking to assume that someone would want to know why that is. In other words, as we prioritize making disciples at church, those disciples go out and transform the world. For the sake of Jesus Christ, I’d like us to consider thinking differently about how we reach out to the world. Would you be with me? Blessed Beyond Belief,
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