Church Without A Gathering

Many of you know that you that the previous church building was completely destroyed in 2010 by a fire. As soon as the news spread, people gathered at the building. I remember the first time I walked over in the middle of the night while the fire fighters were working hard to keep the fire contained. I kept saying to myself, “It’s just a building.” As I walked up the driveway Bev and Randy pulled up in their car, and Bev said, “It’s just a building.” It was, but it was also really hard. 

Soon after the fire we begun to meet at the town hall. It met our needs. God met our needs. We longed for a new building over the several years that it took for us to rebuild. But, our church did not end. We continued to be a church, but we had to learn how to be a church without a building. Our mission is to grow followers of Jesus by planting seeds of faith and nurturing them to bear fruit. We continued to grow as followers of Jesus and encouraged others as well. Being the church for those years required creativity (and some stubbornness). 

Trying to compare the church fire was to what we are experiencing right now would be like comparing apples and oranges. At the same time as the news seemed to hit closer and closer to home, it struck me: 

We had to learn how to be a church without a building, and now we have to learn how to be a church without a gathering.

Is it hard that I can’t see my church family right now? Absolutely. Can I do my part to keep connected? Absolutely. 

Let’s be a church that creatively works to love Jesus and to love our neighbor. 

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​What Kathleen is listening to right now: The Porter’s Gate: Neighbor Songs  especially  Nothing to Fear.  

Podcasts Chris likes to listen to that help him connect with God:   The Bible Project    and   The Holy Post.

If you have any music or podcasts that you listen to that help you feel connected to God share them!