(Jesus tells a story about being servants in the kingdom of God. The master is about to leave and he gives his treasure into the hands of his servants -- different amounts to each. In his absence, some servants do well with their part of his treasure, making it grow in the world. Some -- one, anyway, does nothing with it for fear of losing it. When the master returns, he asks for an accounting of what the servants have done with what was entrusted to them.)
In mid-February we almost lost our church building. It came that close to burning, but it was saved from any significant damage.
This Sunday -- 9 months later, we open a new chapter in the life of the building with the installation and dedication of a lift that makes all levels of the building accessible.
Quite a turn-around!
And why? Why was this building saved? Why is the whole of it now accessible?
Does God have something in mind? Something God wants to be happening here?
Monday at the Church Council meeting, the Council members were asked to imagine that they were not church members and not even looking for a place to worship or do anything religious on a Sunday morning, but were passing by the church and noticing what a nice little building it is. What would you imagine it might be good for? What you might want to ask if you could use it for?
I could tell you some of the things Council thought of. And I'm sure that will be shared some time.
But first and for now, what do you think?
Imagine you do not belong to Fifty and are not looking for a place to worship or do anything religious. But you notice this nice little building along Highway 8, just about on the border of Winona and Grimsby.
What do you think it might be good for? That you might be willing to go to there? Or even organize yourself, if you could get permission from whoever's in charge of the building?
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