Worship For All People

After weeks (months!) of planning, today we held our first Ecclesia ministry outdoor service.

Gay collected and made the rhythm instruments used for the service.

Yesterday six of us gathered to make 25 bag lunches with pb&j sandwiches (5 were actually cream cheese & jelly), apples, and cookies.

This morning we awoke to rain. Maybe God telling us we had to put our money where our mouth was? We did say this service would be held year round in all weather.

In the rain.

We arrived for the 10:00 a.m. regular morning service to find that Newlin had erected a canopy in the center of the Labyrinth.











Although weather forecasts predicted the rain would end early in the afternoon, it didn't.

We put everything we needed for the service on the rolling cart that serves as our altar.













We set up under the canopy and used umbrellas.

Eight people attended the service, all of us involved in organizing it in one way or another.








After the service coffee and donuts, along with the bag lunches, were served from the altar and another table set up for distributing food.

Although no one showed up to take the lunches, we should be able to distribute them to some of the homeless over the coming week.

And who knows who may have been watching from the shadows?

Peace,
Jeff