Reaching Your Community

Today in our church was a very unique Sunday. We had a Russian Men's Choir come and sing, Scout Sunday where boy scouts were recognized (they were thankful that our church opened our doors for them to use our facilities and have our support), and we had a basketball recognition and luncheon where we celebrated our basketball teams that we had playing in a local church league. The great thing about this is that we had a wide range of cultures, races, demographics all come together under one roof with a purpose in mind of bringing glory to God. It is cool to see an impact on a community when our churches are not about buildings but instead it is about people. In our church basketball league we went from averaging about 12 guys playing and 1 team to nearly 50 this year and 4 teams that we had placed in a local league. The reason is that we went into our local high school and met students where they were at. They brought their friends and we met a need that they had. Our local high school had around 200 students try out for basketball and only a handful made the team. The guys were looking to find a place to play. We look foward to next year when we hope to move from 4 teams to 6 or 8 teams and have many more students connected. It is important for us as pastors and youth pastors to see where are students are, see where their need is and then find a way to reach them. May God bless your ministry as you seek to impact a community and change this world for Jesus Christ.