Faith In Action

An article from the United Methodist Board of Church and Society dated March 9, 2009 featured a West Virginia UMC congregation taking on the challenge of putting their faith in action. Faith in Action is a national program where congregations are compelled to take Jesus to the streets and be highly visible in their community doing what Jesus would do in this the 21^st century. For more information about Faith in Action please see this website http://www.putyourfaithinaction.org/.

 

The church participants, over 100 strong took to the streets providing services in over 22 different work projects that too approximately 1 and ½ days to complete. The task was an intergenerational effort where the members of the church wore tee shirts saying, “Don’t Go to Church, Be the Church.

 

I’m excited about the possibility of what a local congregation of about 650 members is doing in a West Virginia town of approximately 19, 000 people. Here’s the point, we have a great opportunity to be the church for the residents of Ottawa and the greater Franklin County area. Think about it, very few churches are highly visible in the community, we can be among the first to reach out and get something contagious started for the Lord as w put our faith in action.