The Hands and Hearts of Christ

We recently had a funeral in town concerning a family not related to our church, but became aware of the fact that they had a need to gather and eat together with out of town relatives on the day of the funeral. Our church members rallied around this family and provided a meal in our facilities as well as showing up to greet and talk with them. Over 80 people attended the meal and we still had food to send home as leftovers with three different families. God blesses those that live according to his teachings. We are a group of people who love our neighbors, even though parts of this family have opposed our church publicly and privately, a Spirit of love was thick in the room because of the obedience of those who put God first. Our hope is that members of this family will be able to become a part of God's family and have a life-changing relationship with Jesus. This was definately the first step of being able to share with them. Sometimes we forget that although our goal is the spiritual redemption of our community, their physical needs are often a place where we can start to show them our love and compassion for them in a way they will understand.
I thank our people for not only going to church, but for BEING the church, the body of Christ, reaching out with His hands and His heart.