"What if the church" reports.

So crazy... Here are the updates on the serve day from "What if the church..."

I love it.

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From Jarrett (Executive Director, Mission Adelante, Inc.)…
Dear Leaders, I was dazed and amazed most of the day on Saturday as I saw hoards of people, materials, and equipment converge on our site, work together in an amazingly efficient manner, and accomplish some very significant projects at Mission Adelante. Our little congregation was impressed and thankful last night as we gathered in the building for our worship celebration. Your service blessed us tremendously in some obvious and tangible ways, but maybe more importantly, you also set an amazing example for our young congregation of mostly new immigrant believers who still have a hard time grasping why American believers would go out of their way to serve them. THANK YOU!
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From Chuck (Pastor, Servant Comm Church & Exec Director, The Urban Scholastic Center)…
I can’t wait to see what ministry passions are birthed in the individuals in your respective churches, all because you have encouraged people to embrace the idea of living a missional life! Thank you for bringing the Church together!

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From Brian (Pastor at Cedar Ridge)…
I got to sneak through all five sites – Mission Adelante, The Urban Scholastic Center, Pastor Chuck’s house (aka the community basketball court), Rachel’s Tea House, and The Hope Center. They were all cooking with natural gas. Stuff was getting done in big and little ways. Team leaders were terrific and the teams of servants were just getting ‘r done.
We had our bumps, but not so many when you consider…
· 900 Volunteers
· 5 Sites
· 4 Urban Ministries (five if you count Chuck’s back yard)
· 3 Churches from the burbs (WFC, HCC, CRCC)
· 2 Churches from the urb (Servant Community Church and Mission Adelante)
· 1 Great Big Serve the World day!
· 0 fatalities
Tammy J. stopped me at Hope Center and Said “This was great.” Carolyn from Rachel’s Tea House said “We had no idea.” Jarrett from Mission Adelante complimented “We got so much important stuff done today.” Chuck from USC encouraged “You showed us what serving is.” Gracious compliments from humble leaders. Thanks for being used by God to serve our world.
Jesus answered the man who asked him “And who is my neighbor?” With a story Jesus essentially said “Your neighbor is the one in your path in need.” Thanks for changing your route to put new neighbors in your path.
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