Tonight we open our doors for the second night of our two week stint as a shelter for homeless men in Salisbury. They come in at 5 p.m. eat a scrumptious meal at 6. (last night we had crab cakes!) then sleep the night away... they get a warm breakfast prepared by our neighbor church - Bethany Lutheran- and are out the door by 7 a.m.
It was so awesome to get there around 6:40 this morning and find that the guys had their cots cleaned up and bags packed and were on the way to putting them in our youth room in the basement so that we could transform our space from respite sanctuary to worship sanctuary. By 7:20 the place was totally transformed and mostly cleaned and ready for our 9 a.m. worship.
Then after the 10:30 gathering... lots of help turned it back into a respite sanctuary. We will have to do that one more week. It's a LOT of work... but no one complains and LOTS of folks are eager to serve. So AWESOME to be part of a church body that takes seriously the call to be the hands and feet of Jesus in our community and world!
Also awesome to have some of our guests participating in our congregational life!
Kudos to Community of Joy church folks... who indeed are the hands and feet of Jesus as they open their hearts and arms to share the love of Jesus with others regardless of who they are!
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