I must admit that I feel like this poor guy after not being able to meet for two straight weeks because of the Frederick County Schools being closed. I encouraged all of our people to attend area churches that were open this weekend. This is one of the small problems of not owning your own building. However, I can think of some advnatages of meeting in a place like a school. For example:
- No Building to Define You - We teach that the church is the people, not a building. We want to defined by our beliefs, values, and attitudes - not by a building. We are not against buildings, we just know that sometimes they can define what you do and who you are.
- We are in the mainstream of culture - We meet in a school and the school is in the center of the neighborhood. We want to be out and in the midest of the people, not off some place where we are in a "holy huddle."
- We able to focus on ministry and not upkeep - Owning a building means that you are responsible for the upkeep of the building. We, as a new church want to focus on how we can minister to the people and grow spiritually and not be concerned about the upkeep of a building.
So even though we weren't able to meet this week - I still like meeting in Whittier Elementary School but I do look forward to the snow stopping!
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