Community Serve: back forty yard work project

On my friday off from work, yes it was. I arrived at FOPC church at 8am dressed in grubbies as I call them aka yard work clothes. A woman told us where tofind rakes, shovels and gloves and trash cans to fill up all the debri and leaves. I got down on all fours and started scraping out the grime from the sidewalk and parking lot. Its amazing how dirty a space can become over time. I really figured who cares its just a parking lot, no one is going to even need this cleaned anyways. Apparently I had talked out loud( not uncommon) and another worker asked me why we were here? I wanted to be a super smartalic and add why do ya think dumbo? Instead, I told them this. Community Serve was a church led series teaching people about acts of services to the community but also to God through channels such as family, work, relationships, homes, and life overall. Our pastor asked everyone, what kind of environment do you want to create and make to demonstrate faith as God sees it. An idea of a restaurant was used to depict the example, such as the difference between a good place and a terrible one. Whether it be the food, the service, the ambiance, etc, what do we as consumer get from being there? So thus applied,  serve is what we make of it. Say someone is new to the church or its a place of rest who will depart here soon. The backyard area where we congregate and park is important. If it looks despicable, we in turn look it too! I explained to them that its more than a serve, its a gift to our Father who gave us a clean slate from our sins. The work wasnt easy and nor is the serve as a Christian. Ask any fellow man who is a believer, its a rough road and people point fingers, judge, you lose friends, you get made fun of, but you keep going. This project after serving only just a few hours, showed me its not about earning the gold star, its about who you meet along the way, what you learn, who you touched, what you fear, what you need, but most of all a test for your faith. Regardless of believe or not believe, community serve is for everyone. Whether it be watching a neighbors dog for a weekend, staying late hours at your job, even asking what can I do to help? Those words and many more actions are a miracle. Just watch how people respond when you step up to the plate and give of yourself to others.

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