Reaching out to broken people

Recently, I received an email from someone who had only attended our church a few times, but who appreciated the encouragement he had received from many at MVCC.  He also mentioned a comment that I had made that had really encouraged him.  That was yet again a reminder to me that we regularly have people coming to our church who are broken and needing God's grace.  I'm glad that I took the time to speak up since I don't always.  We all need to take every opportunity to share words of encouragement even with people we don't know...yet.

Last Sunday we held an important meeting to help people who want to be core players at our church to know who we are and where we're going.  It's my desire and vision that we continue to be a church that is reaching out to the broken and to the vulnerable around us.  Sometimes we meet people who are one or the other and sometimes people are both broken and vulnerable.  Sometimes these people are obvious to us, but sometimes they're quiet about their needs.  Sometimes these people are the obvious "down and outters."  However, sometimes they're even "up and inners."  So speak words of encouragement and pray for each other!