God is sure moving at Community of Joy! And it is really neat to see it happen! We've been praying for it to happen and it is!
Yesterday we hosted our 7th Neighborhood Pork Roast and Fun Fest and had fabulous weather, delicious and plenty food, and a good response. Each year it has been interesting to see how the response is and each year it is different. Last year we had a tremendous response from our partnership with Pinehurst Elementary. This year it seems as if they didn't pass out our invites as we couldn't identify anyone from there. But this year it seemed that personal invites from our folks was the draw. And that is really exciting!
It is also really exciting to see so many people willingly jump in and help serve at this event. It takes lots of us to make it a success and there was no shortage of help! In fact one helper had such a great time, she already wanted to sign up for helping next year and this was a person who came to us first at a Pork Roast just a few years ago!
Cleanup is always the dreaded part, and it always seems that everyone thinks it is somebody else's task... but this year we had plenty of help cleaning up too! What a blessing!
Another neat thing about this year was the attendance at worship before the Pork Roast... we advertise this as a "no strings attached" event and we mean it! So, it was really cool to see so many folks come check out our worship gatherings too. In fact we had our second largest crowd in attendance in worship since we bought the building in 2007!
In addition to all that, and the thing that matters even more to me, is the number of folks who are finding value and meaning in being in a 5 Q Circle is growing. I pray that we will see the day when nearly 100% of the folks affiliated with Community of Joy will be in one of these 5Q Circles!
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