With our hosting of the Community Emergency Shelter Project this week, we have made a shift from a church building to a ministry center. We have been calling the building a ministry center and up until now, all that we have done there has been the kind of things that you do at a church... but not so any longer... we are now officially a ministry center!
Here is part of the dediction litany we shared on our October 2007 Dedication Sunday...
Leader: To some people this building looks like a church. It is NOT! It is a ministry center. WE are the church. This ministry center is a place where people can find God’s love, hospitality, hope, healing and peace, as they meet Jesus here or elsewhere through the various ministries of which we are apart.
All: We dedicate this ministry center to continuing the work of Jesus in our community and world.
Leader: May this building be a tool for the work of ministry to which God has called us. And may it never be more important or matter more than the people who come through it’s doors or live around it’s border both near and far. May this place truly be a place where relationships matter!
All: We dedicate this ministry center to continuing the work of Jesus in our community and world. Thanks be to God!
This has been one exciting shift! And what an awesome experience for us and the guys!
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