a media day for The Community Fellowship

The morning began with a great news feature on the front page of our local newspaper (see an early blog post from today) that brought lots of buzz our way about our GIVE BACK challenge. Early this afternoon the church phone rang and we were asked to do an interview with the NBC affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia. I just saw the story on the early new of FOX21/27. It was good. The story will play again tonight at 11 pm on WSLS.

Let me say out loud and proud ... God is good --- all the time! The reason we are doing this is because of who we are by the grace of God. He called us to demonstrate the love of God to our community, and this story is one more piece of evidence that we are seeking to make Jesus famous.

I am amazed at what God is doing. My prayer is we will fulfill in a big way what John 10:10 has taught us: "The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus comes to give abundant life." Literally, Satan takes away, and God intends to give. He gives us real hope. We as God's kids offer tangible ways of seeing and finding that hope.

Please join me in asking God to use this media exposure and to use our Give Back challenge to 'make the name of Jesus famous'.

Our philosophy in a nut shell (quoting me from the newspaper): "We're trying to get the attention of our community and then, while we have their attention, tell them about Jesus."

Catalyst ticket arrived

My ticket to the Catalyst Conference, in Atlanta Oct 8-10, just arrived. I'm excited!

Have you heard of EDITH BURNS?

Edith Burns was a wonderful Christian who lived in San Antonio, Texas . She was the patient of a doctor by the name of Will Phillips. Dr. Phillips was a gentle doctor who saw patients as people. His favorite patient was Edith Burns. One morning he went to his office with a heavy heart and it was because of Edith Burns. When he walked into that waiting room, there sat Edith with her big black Bible in her lap earnestly talking to a young mother sitting beside her. Edith Burns had a habit of introducing herself in this way: "Hello, my name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Then she would explain the meaning of Easter, and many times people would be saved. Dr. Phillips walked into that office and there he saw the head nurse, Beverly. Beverly had first met Edith when she was taking her blood pressure. Edith began by saying,"My name is Edith Burns. Do you believe in Easter?" Beverly said, "Why yes I do." Edith said, "Well, what do you ...

wash feet, sharing hope

John 13:4-5,14 NLT So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him… 14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. Jesus set the example we follow. He served. He valued and gave value to others. That is why we choose to serve. For 18 years our church has shared an outreach called back2school, and for 16 of those years we have chosen to give students brand new shoes and socks as well as washing their feet. It is one of the most important parts of this event. Washing feet is a humbling experience where both the give and the receiver learn how to share some moments that might change their lives. Jesus said we should do this. See the verse above. Follow His example, do what He did, and give far more than you will ever know....

Michael Harrison's e-devotion

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