Day 7 - Community

Sunday is always an interesting day. This Sunday that was a good thing. Morning services and bible studies seemed to go well. I met three folks that were first time guests at our church and I had three interesting conversations. Each guest had a different story to tell. They also had something in common. A desire for community. It wasn't always expressed in those exact words, but that seemed to be the common sub-text.

Lunch with the family was a shared experience - literally. Krista and I split some kung-pao chicken (you gotta love the little red peppers) and Jacob "shared" by making sure he got plenty of food splattered onto mommy to justify the whole "sit still and eat" experience.

At 4 p.m. a group from our church met to "prayer walk" the surrounding neighborhood. This is a new venture for us and 16 folks showed up on a cold/windy day to participate. The object is to literally walk the streets around our church, praying for the people who live in the homes and making ourselves keenly aware of any need we might observe - to be "Jesus" to those closest to us . . . to our community.

This evening our church offered 9 or 10 classes on living the christian life. Some of the topics included worshipping, finding your giftedness, faith, and developing a quiet time. I don't know what the attendance was like but I do know that many people were walking the halls, talking about the next group they were to attend - or what they had just discussed in their last meeting.

I think I just experienced a day of community.