Yesterday, I asked you for prayer about the visit we were due to have from a local newspaper reporter.
The reporter came and the visit (I think) went extremely well.
We are starting a new project where we aim to find out what our community sees as its greatest needs.
What can the Church do for our community?
The newspaper have agreed to help us find out by asking local residents to write in and tell us what they would like to see done in their communities.
Read about it on my latest post at NothingToGive.Com
Could you please continue to pray that:
- The reporter (Victoria) writes a great article
- Her Editor likes the article and doesn’t change his/her mind about running it
- We get a lot of responses and know how to deal with them and respond.
We’re hoping that we’ll be so inundated with responses that we’ll have to call on other local churches to help us respond and meet the needs that are shared with us – and that they’ll respond by just loving our city and joining with us in showing God’s love by action!
This whole thing is quite scary for us, we could be overwhelmed with requests, ideas and suggestions but we believe that this is what God is calling us to do, so we’re doing it – no matter where it may lead!
Cool idea!!
Thanks, Nicole!
Peter, that's an awesome idea and it's great to hear it's gotten as far as it has. I've prayed as you suggested above. Let us know how things progress.
Thanks for your prayers, Paul. I appreciate them.
We're excited about it although there is a fair amount of trepidation built in as we have no idea what the response will be like!
Praying for you all! Very cool. I've had similar thoughts and maybe something like what you've described would work for us here in Juneau. Lots to explore! Thanks Peter.
Thanks, Jason.
One of the things I'm hoping to do with NothingToGive.com is to inspire others, maybe not to directly copy us but to be bold in doing what they 'think' might be possible!
Any idea when the article gets published?
We're not sure…. The reporter has a fairly full week but she thinks that she'll be able to write it up by Friday. That probably means it will be published early next week. Hopefully we'll know Friday.
I hate waiting 🙂
Continuing to pray for you Peter! Pray for our church as we embark on a similar journey too! 🙂
Thanks, Kevin.
I saw on your blog that you are on a similar journey. I pray that God guides and blesses you.
Excellent. I love the focus on finding out what the community wants. That's so underrated in ministry. Too often, we just give what we think they need instead of really digging into their lives, which takes a ton of time and effort but pays off in relationships that actually matter.
-Marshall Jones Jr.
Absolutely!
I'm hoping that there are things that come in that are so far outside of our understanding of what a church should 'do' that it changes our thinking even more than just embarking on this project has changed it!