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March 02, 2016
Serving Together
The Bible helps us to understand the church by describing her as a body. God uses such illustrations because we are familiar with them. We get that our hands and feet are fundamentally different and have different purposes. We also get that our many parts must function together. If our brains started firing different random messages to our arms, legs, hands, feet, etc. all at the same time, we would recognize a serious problem and would seek help. While Christ as the head of the church does not issue differing random messages to the body (church) all at the same time, we sometimes portray that he does. Our many parts begin to operate all on their own in their own way, going their own direction. Imagine if your right leg/foot decided to go right while at the same time your left leg/foot decided to go left. You could find yourself in a painful situation.
The church's ability to communicate between the many parts operates very much like the nervous system in the body. If we fail to communicate with all the other parts we might find ourselves doing a split and hindering ourselves rather than moving in the right direction together. In order to help this process, I am asking that all ministry groups in the church place any and all their activities/ministries on the church calendar in advance. Our church calendar is viewable from our website by anyone who wants to see what is going on. It also allows other groups to productively plan ministry without conflicting with other parts of the body. If you are wondering whether your group fits the status of group/ministry of the church, then assume it does even if your activities do not affect the entire church, put it on the calendar.
You can have your activities/ministries placed on the church calendar by calling the office (585-1752) or emailing Tracy (office@conwaybapistchurch.com). Doing so will help us to plan and execute ministry in a more productive and efficient way.