Lazy Sunday Morning?

Once every year we partner with Red Cross for the "Run for the Red Marathon." This does not sound like much until you understand that the marathon is held on a Sunday morning and shuts down the only road that leads to our congregation's facility. I still remember and respect my Dad for when he decided to cancel all our Sunday morning services and have just one service at 12 Noon in order to allow the marathon to run. Not only that, but he decided to organize volunteers to run a water station at 7 AM to help serve the runners. He made a statement that we care about what our community cares about and are not so self-consumed that we have have to fight everything that may interfere with our perceived self-importance. Keep in mind that as a consequence of this, we have a much smaller attendance for that week and a much smaller monetary income for that week. But also as a consequence of this, the Red Cross asked my Dad to open the marathon day with a prayer in Jesus name!

So today is the marathon and that is why I am writing this at 10:20 AM on this lazy Sunday morning :) Thanks to my Dad and anyone else who sends a message that we, as the Body of Christ, care about our community...kind of like Jesus did.