Mt. Gilead Baptist Church

“The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ . . . The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I don’t need you!’ And the head cannot say to the feet, ‘I don’t need you!’ . . . Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” (I Corinthians 12:12, 21, 27)

In the last half of Corinthians 12, from which the above verses are taken, Paul stresses the need for unity in the body of Christ. In particular, he points out that we need each other. One person cannot complete the ministry of the church any more than one part of our physical bodies can make up a complete, functioning body.

So much of the work in the church is done “behind the scenes”. Too often, we don’t notice the clean floors, the straightened-up rooms, the smell of the cleaners that have been used. But let something be out of place, or a fixture be neglected, we want to know what happened. We are so blessed that we have four crews of people who take the cleanliness of our building seriously. “Thank you!” to John, Sherry, Anita, Annette, the Fissells, Betty, Pat, and Geri. You do a great job. Art Hoepf, who mows our lawn, always goes above and beyond the call of duty. This week, Bob and Jennifer spent time changing out light bulbs and cleaning the covers, and making the building brighter. Thank you all so very much. It couldn’t be done without you!

I hope you have a great week. I plan to.

Blessings, Pastor Lawrence

This entry was posted on Saturday, October 10th, 2009 at 12:46 pm and is filed under An Encouraging Word.