ServeFest 2010

On Saturday Risen Redeemer had the opportunity to participate in ServeFest 2010. It turned out to be a great blessing. Folks from Mountain Christian Church joined us as we gathered at Lasos, Inc in Bel Air to clean, organize, set up cabinets and shelves, and a host of other odds and ends jobs. Jeff Cole did a great job of leading and organizing the event.

There are two things that really impressed me about the time:

1) We were able to serve a non-profit which directly impacts aliens and foreigners in our area. These are folks who are typically marginalized in our society. Yet scripture calls us to “welcome the alien among you”.

2) We were able to host folks from Mountain Christian Church on our project. The Kingdom of God extends beyond the walls of our local church. The Lausanne Covenant says it well, "Evangelism also summons us to unity, because our oneness strengthens our witness, just as our disunity undermines our gospel of reconciliation."

All in all we had a great time and I’m looking forward to more serving opportunities in the future.