The Community in Hope!

I was reminded this weekend why our church is named "Community Hope." As a church our vision is to reach our community. How do we do this? We do it by being involved in our community. This weekend we had a great opportunity to do just that. Starting Saturday we were at the local parade and afterwards handing out free water bottles and juice boxes to people on the square. Many people were amazed when we told them that the drinks were 'free'. I loved the looks on people's faces like there was something wrong with us by giving away stuff. This was just a practical way to show God's love to our community. Over all we gave away over 200 water bottles and 80 juice boxes to thirsty people. Praise God!

On Sunday our church was able to worship with the other area churches for a 4th of July celebration service. We are so blessed as a community to get together with the other churches and worship together. It is great to build the kingdom of God together as a community and not be about our church vs. their church. Each church will reach different people. The goal is to build the kingdom not individual churches. I love each pastor and each church in this community and thank God for them. They are great men of God and it is a privilege to work with them.

Next week we have another opportunity to be involved in the community. Montezuma is sponsoring Summer Nights every second Tuesday night of the month. Our church has an opportunity to be involved at the square and offer games for the kids. I want to encourage you to come on out and volunteer an hour or two of your time. I will be at Kids Camp that week so we could use all the help we can get.

As the years go on, we must remember as a church that we were called to be in the community and serving Jesus Christ to the community in practical ways. The people of our county need to see Christ followers serving God in tangible ways they can see. There are many opportunities for us to serve so let's keep the community in Hope!