Go Day Part 2

As we sought to serve Baton Rouge, my team split up and tackled 3 projects.  We tackled overgrown lawns of two of our widows because we need to begin with those in our household (Gal 6:10).  I primarily worked with my kids and two of their friends cleaning up an overpass in the neighborhood adjacent to our church.  If we miss the people next door, we've missed everything.  Many people, from the neighborhood, waved and shouted their thanks out of their car windows.  Some people stopped to thank us for our small sacrifice, and we got to point to the big sacrifice of Christ.  It was a GREAT day!

GO Day

Tomorrow our church is embarking on what we are calling "Go Day".  Instead of holding our regularly scheduled worship service and Sunday morning classes, we are going out into the surrounding community to serve others.  The tag line for this is, "Don't just go to church, go BE the church."  In anticipation for the event, here are some things that I like about it already:

It forces us to challenge our presuppositions about what "church" really is.

Because it's not regularly scheduled, I've had lots of Christ-centered interactions with people I don't normally come in contact with when I'm living out my "regular schedule".

"Go Day" has prompted many to see ideas of how they can serve others outside of this morning, which means that this event is serving as a catalyst for ongoing ministry.

Families will do this TOGETHER.

My kids are excited about it.  They can't wait to paint over some graffiti under an overpass near our church tomorrow.  It's going to be a good memory.