On the road...........

What's happening this Sunday?   Luther Memorial is going On the Road....with Jesus!  It's our 6th annual day of service.  One would think we'd be well organized by now but what we've found if that the folks simply organize themselves in spite of our efforts and new and amazing things happen.

We thought a car wash was a great idea, and we had several other possible happenings for the parking lot too.  Nope.  All gone.  Not happening.

Instead the lead family is visiting nursing homes with plants for the folks.  They wanted their children to have the experience of hands on, one- on-one ministry.  Who can argue with that kind of faith formation?

Then one of our newer families, ready to join someone else's team, discovered that LM really was interested in what was needed in our own community, and she just happened to be connected with a non-profit school who could use help.  Permission wasn't needed, just enthusiastic 'you go for it' and now we have a whole team (which she recruited) ready to paint outdoor gym equipment for a neighbor just down the street.  And she has a couple more ideas for the future!  That's building a relationship with our neighbors.

Can I bake cookies?  A teenager asked that.  She thought that maybe she could contribute to the Baker Babes homebaked cookies which are distributed to feeding centers in Syracuse.  Looks like she might recruit some of her friends and make a day of it.  That's how the faith is shared with others.

LM is going On the Road and in the process good work will be done and others will be served but from where I sit it is the growing discipleship that makes me smile.

God bless our efforts this coming weekend, for the sake of our neighbor and to the glory of God.