This morning I was handed the NW Section of the Seattle Times where a title jumped out at me: A Call To Higher Service [Oct 4, by Katherine Long, Seattle Times staff reporter]. It's a story about a church in downtown Seattle who is taking a great leap of faith and revamping their ministry away from themselves and towards those who are on the margins of life; the poor, the homeless, the orphans, the abandoned.
Here is a group of people who are dismantling a portion of their 50 year old church building and rebuilding on the same site a building that will house a community-service center, a shelter for homeless women and children and 50 units for those who are in need of low-income housing!
Imagine that...tearing down A church in order to build something that is THE church to the people, who God loves! Wow! What a great idea!!!!
(Drawing of final project from Times article)
And not only are they stepping out to do that, they are partnering with other organizations who are already involved in those areas of need and ministry to create the synergy to get it all done, and keep it all going! Well done Mary's Place! Well done Compass Housing Alliance!
YES!!! Down are the walls of self-service, down are the walls of denominationalism and "it can't be done" attitudes. This is Kimbilio at it's best; and it's something that a lot of people are desiring, and want to be a part of.
Well done Gethsemane Lutheran of Seattle! Way to be a model of Christ for all of us! I don't think it will take you long to raise the money for this...I'll be one of the first to give!
