On Monday night our Missional Church Team met to talk about our next community project. We have lots of ideas. They include giving away tomato plants, making bird feeders, doing a neighborhood clean-up, giving away free hot dogs, popcorn and soda on the night of the fireworks, and several more. At our last meeting we did some brainstorming but felt we needed more input to make a good decision.
So our plan was to invite Pastor Jorge and a few members of his congregation to join us for the discussion. We also decided to invite Garfield Rucker, the Executive Director of the Martin Luther King Center to be with us and asked him if he could invite a few Board members or even members of his church.
As it turned out only Garfield was able to make it. We talked about the ministry of the King Center. He shared its needs as well as some of the programs. We then talked about what he saw as being needed by families in the neighborhood. We also found out that they had a community garden program in the past but it had two problems - moles and lack of continuity. We talked about the possibility of hosting a block party or having movie parties with free popcorn.
As we got ready to call it a night, we decided to think about all we had heard and come back to make our decisions. We also decided that we would reach out to the firemen next door in some way. We will find out when a "care package" would be best received and then make plans to do it.
It is exciting to focus our efforts in ministry outward to the community in which we live. Even if we struggle to find the exact thing that will show we care, it is good to be doing something.
Cal
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment