Just Asking...

I am an a coaching network led by Tim Stevens at GCC that meets monthly until May (we began last fall). Today, we were talking about vision, and Mark Beeson was leading one of the discussions. He was talking about the excitement and thrill of answering the question" "What would it look like if God answered the prayers for the direction of our church?" We then discussed the notion of open sourced vision casting, per Mark's passionate descriptions.

I thought about that quite a bit since I heard it. I have digested it, and wonder, what WOULD it look like for God to answer not only the prayers for our church, but our community as well? What if we (the church) open sourced vision as the church to answer the prayers of the community around us? What if we listened to what they had to say? What if we leaned in past where we're comfortable? What if the Kingdom of God was more audible? What if we put our ear down to the ground and intentionally discovered a new rumble? What if we really organized our church in a way that brought the Kingdom of God and answered prayer?

One thing I am proud of regarding this whole discussion: our church is very involved in answering some prayers. I'm not indicating we do everything right, but we are definitely making a dent. We're housing the homeless this first week of February. If you go to ALC, you have an opportunity to make a dent. Volunteer...go here and let us know you're available. Just put your info along with "I want to help with Winter Relief" in the message box. We'll get in touch with you quickly.

What if? Open sourced visioning. Think about it!