Servant Evangelism: Intentional acts of kindness with the express purpose of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We do this because it biblical, surprising, easy, fun and contagious. It’s all about showing people the love of God even before they are ready to hear about the love of God.
It is a simple but powerful ministry to our community and it encourages us, especially if we have a difficult time telling people about Jesus, this way we do it and people respond. I can serve a cup of coffee; carry groceries out to a car; wash a windshield; go door to door and give out light bulbs or 9 volt batteries – which is a witness.
ServeFest, September 18, 2010
Our September ServeFest will take place on Saturday, September 18. Needville is hosting its bi-annual Citywide Garage Sale that weekend so we want to take advantage of sharing God’s love with as many people as possible. We will set up at the City Hall parking lot to serve free hotdogs, lemonade and water to hungry shoppers. If you would like to know more about ServeFest call Cindy at713.628.8923. You can sign up to volunteer on Sunday at the Resource Table or by calling the office at 979.793.3536.
ServeFest, June 12, 20010
Approximately 40 members of NCC went into the community to do intentional acts of kindness with the purpose of shoing God's love and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The community was both perplexed and excited. Wheither it was a bottle of water, a freezer pop, lights bulbs, or windshield wiper fluid, they love shared was real and many had times of telling others why we do this, telling the plan of slavation through Jesus Christ or praying with people at the end of their drive way. We understand we are not doing this to build up our church but to help people find their way to Jesus Christ and a life of real significance. If you would like more info on Servant Evangelism, email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Steve Sjogren
Generosity
“Jesus, worn out by the trip, sat down at the well. It was noon.”
It was noon. . .
At first glance this could be a throw-away statement, but not so. Noon says everything about the person who is about to visit and draw water. Nobody drew water from the well at noon unless you didn’t want to be seen by the townspeople, or you were a person of disreputable character, or possibly both. It was too hot for a journey to a well on the outside of the city, the women of the city would leave in the morning while it was still cool. It would be used as a social time, where they would walk and talk about life’s events. Not so with the woman who Jesus was about to encounter, he knew from the start she was an outcast, and his word’s of life would help recreate who she was.
“Would you give me a drink of water?” Jesus asked, “How come you a Jew, are asking me, a Samaritan woman for a drink?” Jesus answered. “If you knew the generosity of God and who I am, you would be asking me for a drink, and I would give you fresh living water.” (The Message)
Generosity is what drives the kingdom of God! God so loved the world he gave; God isn’t stingy with anything He owns. I wish I could say that for the church. It’s often out for the best bargain, holding on to God’s grace like it thinks there isn’t enough. If you really want more of God’s favor on your church so you can impact your community you have to become generous. Our outreach cost money big time. To a secular accountant, it looks like a bad investment, but the returns are amazing. A friend puts it this way, doing what we are doing (for more information visit loveyourcity.com) we are removing the black eye from the church.” It’s slowly changing how people (Christian and non) view the church. We are actually moving out from beyond the four walls endeavoring to give people a small taste of the kingdom, usually in a tangible form like food, water, a cold can of Coke, new clothes, or ice-cream. The church, indirectly, makes this statement when being generous; “we are here to serve, not speak.” Serving has always been the message of the church. In today’s changing culture we have to find creative and outward-focused ways to serve. How does a church best serve? When it decides to give itself away to lost and broken individuals, and the only way it can give itself away is through generosity.
Ten years ago, in May, we assembled in a gravel parking lot as a single church, ready to serve in any way possible. Our Coke was warm and we were a bit afraid. We were a church being restored from the ashes. One could say we weren’t quite the picture of strength, but God speaks truth in the middle of our weakness. He had given me a single scripture, “If you knew the generosity of God.” I showed up at that gravel parking lot determined that God’s intention for us was to be generous, no matter what the bookkeeper told me. Generosity would be our calling and, generosity our passion. When we begin to see the world through the eyes of generosity we finally see the people Jesus came to love. The least – the last – the lonely – the lost and spiritually dead. This question needs answering in your community. Do the un-churched/pre-churches know the generosity of God through your serving?
--Steve Sjogren, Publisher, SERVE! Magazine