Most of the time we think of mission work as over there. If you ride a motorcycle, here is a cool way to make a difference, maybe make some friends, and help tackle one of the biggest global problem…clean, safe drinking water. The world-wide water crisis claims more lives than war, natural disasters, AIDS, or even hunger. If you ride a motorcycle, you can help make a difference and have some fun.
On March 17, Low Country Harley-Davidson is hosting a benefit ride to help Water Mission International. Join Pastor Tom and Janie for a fun day for a good cause. Find out more on line at bikers4water. Janie and I rode in this event last year. It was a lot of fun. Timmy Glover who served as our interim worship leader was the official spokesman for the police escorted ride. It is a lot of fun to hear 300+ bikes rev it up for a good cause. We will post the info on the main bulletin board, but the best way to get the info is to go on line. You can pre-register and get a free event t-shirt.
More missional living.
One of the wonderful benefits of 40 Days In The Word is the involvement of each group in a Micah 6:8 Project. It is designed to help us actually “do” the Word. Imagine this for a moment: there are 4, 500 churches involved in the 40DITW spiritual growth campaign. JIBC is kind of a small to medium size church. In Charleston, Cathedral of Praise is participating, and they are a very large church. Let’s just say each of these church families have 25 small groups, and each of them has a Micah 6:8 project showing love, justice, and mercy in the community. That would be 1,125,000 potential mission projects into the community. I suspect there is far more, but that is if most of the participating churches were our size and not the mega church size. I am obviously pretty excited about this. What else has doubled the amount of people in Bible Study, led the church to memorize scripture together, build intimacy among the membership as we carry out the “one another’s,” teaching them to do daily Bible devotions, and time alone with God. Hallelujah, what a Savior.
See you Sunday, good Lord willing.
Pastor Tom
