Last night we had our first Wednesday Evening Meal here at the church. The church has offered one in the past but over the last couple of years had discontinued it. I have to admit, I was not sure how it would go. When we stopped the meal, we continued feeding children in our gym on Wednesday nights and feeding our students in our youth area. The problem with that set up (other than the obvious duplication of work) was that everything was segregated. It just did not seem like a picture of the church to me. So we pulled it all together and last night was our pilot run.
I am not blind to the fact that we had some minor bumps to work out, but I have to tell you, it went really well! And the most amazing thing was that I didn’t have to feel like I needed to stand over the process. There was a team of people who worked together to make it happen and it was awesome! Thanks folks for your work and your attitude in being willing to give this a try. It would not have happened without you!
Another example from last night came from our student ministry. Right now we do not have a paid minister in charge of our student ministry. I had a meeting a couple of weeks ago with the adults who are working in this area of our church and we did some planning and thinking about how to organize things. Last night, we had a lot of students here but I knew that things were taken care of because of our ministry team! As a pastor, I cannot tell you how much of a burden that lifts from my shoulders to know that our students are being ministered to and taught by a dedicated team of men and women. The results of last night – – we had a young lady make a decision to follow Jesus and entrust her life to him.
So I just wanted to take a few words here to brag on our teams! You guys ROCK!
Clay in the Hands 
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