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No more seat warmers…
At first, looking at these 2 verses I was like, how in the heck am I going to write about this? I read it over many times and finally broke it down. The 12 disciples sat down and decided that it was not right to neglect studying/teaching the word of God to wait on tables or feeding the poor. If you read a few verses beforehand they were being bogged down by these every day tasks (although important tasks) and basically tearing the church apart. They asked the congregation to choose 7 spirit filled men to take on the authority to work as representatives in a special task of feeding the poor. They asked them as a whole to 1. Find a solution to commit to one another as a church and 2. to help minister and grow the church by preaching/teaching and 3. PRAY.
As I think about this and try to relate this back to us, I see that at CCC we have an awesome staff! Without Alan and all the people behind the scenes, we wouldn’t have the great Church we have without them.
It’s a big task to prepare for church every Sunday, lots of planning and lots of volunteers. Everything from creative, to music, to the children’s ministry, greeters, etc, etc. You get the idea? We have our great leaders (pastors/elders/staff) and then we have the congregation (helpers/volunteers). I believe that this passage is about God wanting us to be good stewards. To not want to overload our leaders/teachers, but to help them focus on preaching/teaching the word of God. Instead of sitting back and basically being seat warmers on Sunday, he has given each and everyone of us gifts and abilities to use at church so we can build up his church. The reason for church is for us to grow and learn from each other. We ARE the church, we need to represent Christ in every aspect of our lives, whether we are at home, out with friends, at work, ON THE ROAD in TRAFFIC 
or even out shopping. We minister the word of God not only through our words but ALOT through our actions.
Let’s not forget about Prayer either. It is SO important that we remember to do this, especially for our leaders. And leaders can mean anyone from Pastors, Elders, President’s, Teachers, Parents, etc. Pray that they too will make the right decisions. It’s a huge task and we need to remember to not take it lightly. More and more as I am a single young lady with no family, I look to my church to be MY family. We basically need to FEED ONE ANOTHER with our knowledge, prayers and worship. So I’m very thankful to receive this passage and to write about it and will continue to support each one of you.
To My most incredible and most terriffic, most amazing, Beautiful Jessica Mary, whom I, and certainly God is well pleased. I am so very proud of you Jessica, and to see you walking with God in a good Spirit filled Church, is one answer to the Prayers I have been Posting with the Father each and every day. I have much hope for you, Mark and the rest of the family. Jessica, you just don’t know how so very happy I am that you are my daughter, and walking with God. You are living the Word of God, by walking the walk, and so the Lord will multiply the seed you plant each and every day.Just continue to remain Faithfull. I am so incouraged by You Jessie Mary, and I believe God is performing His miracles in the lives of our family. Oh; and yes, all is going well here with my relationship with S. Happy new Year and may God Bless you, Mark, and the fellowship your attending.
Love Always and Forever; Dad
AWWW…tears from your Pops note!
Now that I’m on the flip side of church work I’m reminded of my “duties” that God intends…to use my gifts to serve the church and my leaders so that they can do what they are called and gifted to do. Fabulous words of wisdom my dear friend! The Lord is working in you and through you!!!
Doing a little catching up on the Feed One Another website…thanks for your words and perspective Jessica…and your service at CCC. It’s great to have you in MY family!
Good point Jess. I am, yet again, reminded of how thankful I am for our small group as well and what each of you bring to me. Thank you for always being honest and genuine.