Share Your Church

It seems that outreach and seeker sensitive are two of the most popular buzzwords in our churches today. What happened to servanthood? Having a church full of servants is a great way to reach out to the community because the community then sees a church that truly loves people the way Christ loves people. We normally equate servant outreach with serving people outside our church, what about showing love to people inside our church out in public?

The other night I took some of our youth group and we paid a visit to the pastor’s house. We just made sure to do it when we knew he was at the church and we chalked his driveway. Armed with a small bucket of sidewalk chalk we proceeded to write down our favorite verses, words of encouragement, personal notes, and a 12 foot diameter smiley face on his driveway and front walk. We didn’t get a chance to talk to any of the neighbors (none came out) or share the Gospel with anyone, but we did share the love of Christ with our pastor. Was it a little odd? Yep. But it gave the student to be that Barnabas type servant and share their love with the pastor. Maybe part of outreach is sharing love with each other and encouraging your brothers and sisters in Christ to allow them to share Christ’s love with others. Just a thought. If you’d like to see pictures feel free to visit our youth group site and see how we’re trying to Share Our Church.