Today we went to our local markets to sell prams and other recycled baby gear. We do this most months as a way of meeting people and also serving the community by providing essential products that are not readily available in our town.
During the course of the morning I struck up a conversation with a lady who wanted to find out about our church. She went on to share that she was attending a church in a nearby town, but as a single mother she felt under a lot of guilt put on her by people in the church.
I told her that we felt that there was no point trying to guilt people for what's happened in the past. We have some single mothers in our congregation and we love them the same way we love every other member of the church. What's done is done and God forgives people for their past and so it's wrong for us to try and hold that against people now.
She went on to tell me that if she hadn't left her husband she would be dead by now.
She ended up by asking could she come and talk these things through some time. I said "Of course, that's what we do."
Our various retail ministries are more than just fund-raising ventures. We look at them as opportunities to meet people and to minister the love of Jesus into their lives.
Blessings
Keith
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