Sunday, July 31, 2016

Love Week - STEPS - and reflections

This past week our church did a local outreach week for the second year.  They call it "Love Week" and we have several things we do out in the community to show love.  To name just a few, we clean up yards for some of the local residences that can't do yard work themselves.  We take a meal to city works (Fire Fighters, Police Officers, City Hall workers).  During the local city festival, we maintain the hospitality tent for all the city workers.  We cleaned up a local elementary schools courtyard, including building and painting 3 new picnic tables for them, plus did a lot of yard work for them.  We did a free soccer camp both years. There is also some random acts of kindness - with paying it forward at local restaurants and so forth.  It is a home missions week that is organized throughout the year.

Chad and I participated in the backpack giveaway program this year.  We purchased 2 back-packs and filled them for local children and then we helped inventory/pack the backpacks that came in to give away also.

I really like the idea of doing LOVE week and from what we've heard there are other churches that have heard about it and started their own form of LOVE week in their communities!

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STEPS.  Our pastor is doing a series on Joseph called STEPS.  He's talking about how we can think we know what God wants in our lives (the dream he had of his brothers bowing down) and then our life takes detours (being sold into slavery) or delays (waiting for the cupbearer to remember him).

It's not been an over powering series, but it has been a time of reflection for me.  Thinking about the detours and delays in my life and thinking  what "step" I'm on now.

Good stuff happening at church and I wanted to share!  :)

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