THE JOURNEY SO FAR

Tour journal, part 5.
Back in Warsaw The pastor wanted us to be part of a turning point weekend in the life of their church. An all day "new members" seminar was being offered for people to be challenged about becoming active members of the church. The church has had many visitors since moving into a permanent facility at a local trade school last October. A luncheon was offered to be followed by a 6 hour seminar on what it means to be part of the church from the Bible.

The pastor had hoped that as many as 100 people would come. But earlier in the week they'd counted over 150, and by Saturday, 250 people came. Evangelism, discipleship, baptism, accountability were just some of the things discussed from the Scriptures. The climax of the day was a period of reflection as people considered signing a pledge to identify with this church in active membership. Chris has asked us to sing several songs during this time of commitment. What a privilege.

The following morning I was asked to sing during communion at the worship service before we hopped in the car and headed south for a Sunday evening concert about 3 hours away. We sang for a Methodist church planning to do distribution of wheelchairs in the area beginning Monday.