I had a great time out in Texas seeing family and friends. But it's time to get back to posting blogs!
Last night we began VBS. We are partnering with Celebration Tabernacle. Since this joint effort began I have had some "wonderings." I remember a pastor who spoke to his people about training them for a world movement. They were in training to impact the world. I thought, "Wow, that's cool." On the other hand, it is hard for me genuinely speak that way. But what I can get my arms around genuinely is speaking about impact in our local area. That's where Celebration Tabernacle comes in.
Cocoa Pres is at one end of Dixon and Celebration Tab is at the other end. We are next to Walgreens and a retirement center. They are next to 5 Hot Dogs for $5 and the future home of Brevard's Boys/Girls Club. We are aging and white mostly. They are younger and multi-cultural mostly. We have been here a long time and have experienced decline. They are relatively new and have experienced growth.
I look at us on our end and them on their end and all this around us that is our community where God has put us and I think, "Transcontinental Railroad!" Remember? The track was laid from west to east and also from east to west meeting up in Promontory, UT. What if we two churches said that we were going to bring spiritual life to this street, to bring betterment of life to this street? What if we said, "Let's dream together, resource each other, and do it"? What does that look like 3 years from now? So what do we tackle this year?
Just "wonderings."
Hopefully CPC will see a good opening to bring the neighborhood together. I love CPC but have stopped coming, havn't found the right place yet. CPC shows everyone love that comes there but they are afraid to step out of that box of comfort.
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