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When canceled church is a good thing
STEVE MAYNARD
As paint compressors buzzed nearby, Holly Wright brushed green paint on a walkway rail at a hospital child-care center....
She was among 950 volunteers from Lighthouse Christian Center who over two days are repairing homes, doing yard work at Puyallup schools, feeding the hungry, painting, and delivering meals of appreciation to police officers and firefighters in the Puyallup and Lakewood areas.
The church canceled its five regular services Saturday and today so members could volunteer for its “faith in action” weekend.
Many volunteers wore maroon T-shirts printed with the weekend’s slogan: “The church has left the building.”Read More
"Incredible, Amazing, Awesome". These are just a few of the words used to describe our Faith in Action weekend.
Our desire to share God's love in tangible ways in our community became a reality when Lighthouse left the building!
- 950 people worked
- 5,000+ labor hours
- 49 different projects
- building fences
- serving food to the homeless
- collecting food for the local food bank
- assembling Promise Packs for children in Haiti
- yard work for the elderly
- helping out military families with disabled children whose husbands are deployed
- ...and many more!
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During our Celebration Night, people gave powerful testimonies of how they saw God working in their lives and in the lives of those they were serving. Thank you, to The News Tribune who, when they learned of FIA, interviewed some participants and wrote an uplifting article about our weekend of service. Take a moment and look at some of the video from our Faith in Action weekend. It's pretty cool. |