 What
if…?What
one building often serves as the center of much of the
activity in Iowa communities, particularly in the
smaller towns? What one building is it that the
residents will fight to keep within their town? What one
building sees the majority of our impressionable youth
within its walls? While fifty years ago many might have
answered the church, today most would agree that it’s
the school.
What if our congregations and members saw the local
school as a mission field? What if they identified ways
in which they could demonstrate God’s love or
appreciation to the staff and workers? What if they
began spending time in the school buildings and at
activities, loving and serving the children and staff?
What if they each wore a shirt with the church name and
logo on it? What if God’s love through them began to
touch the hearts and lives of the students and staff?
What if the children and others began to wonder why all
the members were doing these things?
[God] is able to do immeasurably more than all we
ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work
within us (Ephesians 3:20).
Let your light shine before men, that they may see
your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven
(Matthew 5:16).
What if we began to change the wondering to reality?
Rev. Mark Gerken, Executive Assistant |
