It's official. The final tally for City Serve we were throwing around in group last week was correct. Our goal was to survey 300 houses - we did 355.

Imagine that. Because we as a community gave up just a small - almost miniscule - portion of our week, we paved the way for hundreds of people to be impacted. As a church community, we gave a small part of ourselves - a part that even felt insignificant to many of us - and were able to lay the groundwork to making a real difference in the lives of hundreds of people.

Feels good to be a part of something bigger than yourself, doesn't it?

So what's next? The biggest reaction we had to the City Serve project last week as a group was, "I wanted to do more." So how do we do that? A couple ideas have been thrown around so far:

1. Free Car Wash - I offered this idea at group last week. Basically we set up a car wash as a way to serve anyone, no matter who they are. The fun part is when they try to offer us money and we just plain refuse.

2. Home Repair - Jennifer brought up something on the website about a family who could use some help with their home.

We're currently looking into both of these options. Once we have some more info, we'll throw the ideas to the group and see what sticks. If you have another idea you'd like to investigate and present to us, by all means please do so!

This is what it means to be the Church. I'm glad I have the opportunity to share it with each one of you.