We are transitioning from being a church in the neighborhood to a church for the neighborhood. One of the latest ways we’re trying to love on our neighbors is through the Northlake Garden. A number of you brought starts and a pack of us planted the starts last Wednesday. Blake helped administer this and Joy Westerman will be overseeing this in part for her senior project in HS. We had a blast digging and preparing the soil and popping in the starts. The harvest will go towards the 25 families the church has adopted and helps feed on a monthly basis. Whatever if any extra there may be, we’re giving away to the food bank. Again the thinking of an externally focused church is this. We do good deeds with no strings attached. Good deeds often leads to good will. "Why are you guys helping us?" "We love you and Jesus is behind our love." Good will leads to people asking us for the good news. We get to show the gospel even if we're shy and then tell it in very simple terms from our heart to theirs.
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