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This is It
What kind of groundwork leads to real community?
Mark Buchanan

Topics:Community, Difficult people, Fellowship, Hospitality, Newcomers, Reconciliation
Filters:Deacon, Discipleship, Elder, Greeter, Hospitality, Outreach, Small group leader, Small groups
Purpose:Fellowship
References:Luke 7:44-47
Date Added:July 15, 2008

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Posted: July 17, 2008
Cheryl Noddin  (Guest)
One of my happiest servant experiences was in a congregation where everyone served--everyone who was able to. It was incredibly sweet and I will never forget what God showed me in that experience. It was not that everyone was asked to serve, got to serve or was encouraged to serve but that everyone wanted or expected they could serve.The most incredible impression in my mind was how happy God seemed over it--it seemed to open heaven for us. We get too proffessional and not "happy" to be saved enough. We need "Wandas" to remind us of what we have been given. I enjoyed the article, and it reminded me of that lesson God had given me on the subject-a precious time. We need reminders. Thank you for the reminder and blessings- Cheryl Noddin

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All Wanda heard was the word servant. And she had been listening intently to my sermon: if you've tasted the love of Jesus, you'll want to serve.

She walked straight up to serve Communion with the other two "servants."

I flinched.

Then I remembered Luke 7, Jesus' words to Simon the Pharisee as a woman, not unlike Wanda, washed Jesus' feet: "Do you see this woman?"

Do you see her?

I leaned over to Wanda and said, "Since this is your very first time doing this, do you mind if I help?"

So Wanda and I served Communion. The best part was watching the faces of the people I love and serve and pray for and preach to.

Not one flinched. They saw her.

This is it.

This article originally appeared in our sister publication, Leadership journal © 2008 by the author or Christianity Today International. For more articles like this one, visit www.Leadershipjournal.net.