Sunday's scripture at Stephen's was a challenge to reflect on what our story would be to those who were watching. Paul saw that the Epehesian's story was one of love for all the saints, so the question for us would be, "If someone wrote us a letter, what would we be known for?" Ideas were tossed around on how we could be known as a community with a love for "all the saints." One suggestion was to connect with Voice of the Martyrs to see how we can be an encouragement to Family under intense persecution. Another , courtesy of Kelly and I, was to gather as a community to write letters of encouragement to the orphans connected to Children's Hope Chest. The final idea we brewed on for a while was one that will connect us with the Family locally. Basically it entails us as a community connecting with pastors in other communites to discover some of the needs in their communities that they may have not been able to address, whether financial, spiritual, whatever. Then, we as a community pull together to help take care of the need.
I'll be meeting with Joseph from Simple Church tomorrow (Tuesday) to get in contact with some local pastors and share our heart with them. Please pray for us.