We underestimate the power of human contact. It doesn't have to be much. A touch on the shoulder. A smile and eye contact. A sincere hello. A phone call. A prayer.
We are hungry for genuine, authentic, caring, loving community.
Our lead pastor, Jon, got this email from a family that has only visited twice. They are such a neat and wonderful family and they gave us permission to make this email public. I don't share this email to just toot our own horn (I can share many of our failures as well). But rather I share this excerpt from this email to illustrate the power of what happens when we simply care for one another.
Jon simply cared enough to welcome and pray for this family and their child who has special needs. It seems simple enough, but unfortunately simple things are often neglected by the busyness of life.
Dear Jon,
I can't tell you how refreshing it has been for Lee and I to get to spend the last couple of Sundays at Big Creek. What a warm welcome we have received from this body of believers! We have been pleasantly surprised at all the kindness and concern shown towards our family--and we've only been there twice for goodness sakes! Is it like this all the time?
Time to buckle up! Go, God!
Anyway, just wanted to say THANK YOU, THANK You and thank you again!
1 comments:
Bill
This is too cool. Whatever might've gone wrong in your week, this makes up for it. There's just no substitute for personable contact. And yet it doesn't happen on accident. Someone had to notice the need. Someone had to deliberately pick up the phone. And the whole call was what, 5 minutes or so? Look at the results? Who else might be just sitting there hoping we'd call? Thanks for the inspiration!
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