The Future of the Church?

We think so...but what happens in this child's life between now and then will not be left to chance! As his church family, we are committed to walk with him step by step, to shield, suffer and succor - whatever it takes to reveal the heart of the Father in ways he can understand, appreciate and adopt.

Don't be misled friends, this Great Commission, this building the Kingdom is not a spectator sport...and yet neither is it a flimsy concept, philosophical and hard to grasp...

Building the Kingdom of God means:

Befriending a troublesome boy or girl

Reconciling quarreling parties

Breaking sad news to those concerned

Searching for your missing friends

Dedicating babies

Conducting weddings

Writing letters for others

Praying for your parish

Preaching to the saved and the unsaved

Reading the scriptures

Suggesting and directing the charities of your flock

Putting the hungry in the way of a meal

Putting the weary on the road to a bed

Caring for neglected children

Saving the drunkard and outcast

Protecting the weak

Searching the night-haunts for wayward girls

Giving the ex-prisoner a new start

Staying the suicide's hand

Visiting the sick

Training the beggar to work

Showing you the way to heaven

Conducting funerals

Caught between the smile Jesus gives me and a grin from little Cam I know I'm in deep -way over my head! I'd do anything, go anywhere and give it all up just to make a difference here on earth for Christ's sake.

And I don't mind that one bit.

posted by:
HD

list excerpted from Adjutant Jack Sullivan in the Corry Journal, October 1, 1936