Experiencing God
Wed, Apr 22, 2009
Melissa Mailman
Melissa Mailman reflects on spending a Sunday helping the sandbagging effort to hold back the flood waters of the Red River. She Writes…
“Today I went to the best church on earth! It required me to do a TON of work and I literally was surrounded by thousands of pounds of sand. That’s right, I said sand. Today, I had the opportunity to rub shoulders with those people who make up this great city I live in. As I shovelled, bagged, tied and hauled mounds of sand, I got to know what kind of people live in Winnipeg. I worked along side retired firefighters who have hearts of gold and hands of steel. I worked with Hutterites who have determination and a work ethic like I have never seen before. I worked with families who came out, not because they would be affected by the flood, but just because they wanted to help other people out. To me that is worship.
The point is, church can happen outside of a building. Church could and SHOULD happen outside of our cozy buildings that are heated just right, the lighting just so and pews and chairs ready and waiting. Instead of my normal church experience, I traded the building for an outdoor sanctuary, heat for God’s warmth, lighting for sunshine and chairs for sand bag benches. The best part…I traded a spoken sermon for a living one. I’m not sure that today’s sermon could teach me more then what I learned today.”
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