Sojourning Pilgrim

The synergy of networking

So, Enid is hosting the Group Publishing Workcamp this week. Habitat has two work crews painting the inside and outside of one of our homes. 12 youth age kiddos have paid some significant bucks to come do a little mission work in our town for a week.

Why doesn't more of this go on?

I have a theory. It's a theory that ought to work most effectively for people who are active in a local church. My theory is that everybody needs a volunteer job - for the average church person, they should have two jobs - one inside the church (doing things specifically for the local church), and one outside the church (doing things for people who are not yet a part of that local church, on behalf of their church). So, average Joe church member might volunteer to be a part of the yard maintenance rotation for his church, but also to coordinate the annual mission trip.

Last Saturday we had a church garage sale. I think 20 or more of our folks participated in actually running the show. We had a blast, and we made a little money in the process. It really was like an all day picnic - we got to fellowship with one another, and we were privileged to see the Christian gifts of other church members in action.

Why doesn't more of this go on??

posted by the sojourning pilgrim @ 9:32 AM