Organic Church
Pathway Points
Stepping Up for Jesus
I just started a new book today and wanted to share a quote with
you, just to get you thinking about how you can Change Lives in 2019. The book
is Organic
Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens by Neil Cole.
“While walking to his parish one day in his clerical garb, a couple of kids called to [Jerry] from across the street, “Hey, mister, would you stop being a minister long enough to give us a hand?” Stunned by the words but braced for the challenge, Jerry crossed the street. When he arrived on their side he found that the chain of one of their bikes had broken and needed to be fixed. So he knelt down right there on the sidewalk and started to dismantle the bike and remove the chain. The two young brothers couldn’t believe that this minister would actually get down to help them. And they were even more surprised when he proved skilled at fixing their problem…
This is a post-Christian culture that doesn’t think the church has anything to offer it except when we stop doing church the way we’ve been doing it…People today aren’t coming over to the Christian side of the street. We have to cross over to their side if we’re going to give them a hand. And ministry happens best not in planned ways but naturally, organically and often when we’re on our way to do something else.”
From the forward by Dr. Leonard I. Sweet
Stepping up with you in His strength!
Monica Lebsack
Creative Ministries Director