OK, people! You want your church to be part of the solution to the world's need? Then this post is for you!
Many of you know that in January G8way Community Church did our part to help out earthquake victims in Haiti. In March, our students rocked the house with 30 Hour Famine to draw attention to the plight of and raise money for those millions who go without nourishment everyday. Every month our church supports local/national/international missions through organizations such as the IMB, Campus Crusade for Christ, and the Wayne Pregnancy Center.
Well, here's what God has laid upon our hearts now...
Unless you live under the proverbial rock, you cannot help but be touched by the floods that have devastated large parts of Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee (especially Nashville). Many have lost EVERYTHING. Relief workers need equipment to assist with relief efforts. Clean water is scarce, almost non-existent (water treatment plants do not work during floods), and people are hungry. These people need help.... Now, not sometime in the future, is the time to be the church!
So here's what we're going to do. Everything that we receive as tithes this Sunday, May 9 will go directly to flood relief in Nashville. Yes, you read right... EVERYTHING!!! We're calling it "A Day for Nashville!"
On Monday morning, May 10 we will make a contribution to the Cross Point Church's flood relief efforts in whatever amount you bring back to God the day before. Cross Point and Pastor Pete Wilson are a part of the Nashville community and will be continuing to minister in the city long after the flood's no longer front page news. We can also rest assured that our participation with them will not only be about meeting people's physical needs (though those are pressing), but about helping people find the hope that only comes through Jesus Christ!!! And... If you want to go ahead and make an online donation directly to the church's flood relief fund, you can do so here!
So... what I'm asking you to do is pass the word (post it on your Facebook and/or Twitter profiles, blog about it, whatever) and bring it generously this Sunday. I'm praying that God will receive the largest single offering that we've ever received here at G8way Community Church! I trust that you will do your part, as your church does her part!!!
God Bless!
Thayer
