That's the kind of Church I want to be a part of...

On Saturday May 30, a small army from our church amassed to partner up with Canyon Lake Little League in putting on their closing day carnival.

Why did we do this event? It pretty simple for me. I believe God wants the church to be a tangible expression of his goodness in the world. So, this day was an opportunity to express God’s love for kids and heart for fun in a tangible way by serving our community’s families and providing a super cool event for kids. I think it turned out awesome! Hundreds of kids and their families played all day long on various jumpers, water slides and carnival games, climaxing with kids dancing, screaming and singing along to a sick concert by TC and the Threshold band (the free candy thrown from the stage helped too).

I just have to say that I was super proud to be a part of CLCC this day. How many churches do this kind of thing, for free, with no strings attached? How many churches have earned enough trust to get invited by a public organization to participate in their very important grand finale event? How many church worship bands play the headlining entertainment at a major public community event? It’s my job to spend time on things like this, but for the rest of you, there are a lot of things you can do with your Saturday other than serving the community, but YOU made it happen. All in all, more than 65 of you from CLCC spent most of your Saturday to help with setting up, cleaning up, spinning cotton candy sticks, chasing down balls from the games, bagging the much prized new pet gold fish, painting faces, making water balloons, cheering for big jumps down the water slide, and on and on with more than 15 games and jumpers.

So, thank you for wanting to be a body of people that make a positive difference in our community and world. This was just one day and just one way, but one that showed me the kind of church that I want to be a part of.