Friday, March 5

by Karen Pryor

As I’ve been pondering plans for Third churchers to move out into various locations in the community during our construction period, it occurred to me that our Lenten theme of water is quite relevant. If not tightly contained, water has a way of seeping out, dampening whatever it finds in its path. Sometimes the effect is nourishing; sometimes destructive. I wonder—as we Third Churchers leave our building for other meeting places in the community—what will be our impact on those we encounter in those spaces? Will they notice us? Will they see the Spirit within us? Will we reach out in any way and will they respond? Any chance that the connections we make will be real enough that some may want to return with us to the shelter of our own four walls?

Lord, let us be cognizant that this time away from our usual church spaces may provide opportunities for evangelism that we should not overlook