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December 2, 2009
Churches Being Thankful
(Filed under: Examples)Sure, our name is Church Marketing Sucks, but above all, we like to see churches getting it right. Thanksgiving is a time when churches tend to stay out of hot-button politics, avoid saying stupid things and do something great. So what better time to celebrate churches being churches.
Take some time with us to celebrate churches communicating the gospel well during Thanksgiving last week:
- This New York church is opening its doors to the city's homeless gay teens.
- In Echo Park, churches give away thousand of turkeys each Thanksgiving.
- In Northampton, one church hosted 750 local residents in need of food. (subscription required)
These churches understand who they are, where they've been and what to do next. It's encouraging to see churches asking these simple questions and responding so sacrificially:
Who are we? We are humans--fallen, forgiven and redeemed. We are saved by grace, and we are thankful.
What does that lead us to do? We will reflect what we know of God to the world. We will accept those who are fallen, and we will show them forgiveness, redemption and grace.
At Church Marketing Sucks, we're thankful for churches like these, and we're hopeful that the same clarity will be a hallmark of local churches through Christmas and into 2010.
Posted by Joshua Cody at December 2, 2009 8:24 AM
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...and we were feeling pretty proud of ourselves for collecting 23 bags of groceries for our local food bank. These are really impressive efforts. I'm humbled.
Posted by: Geoff in CT at December 2, 2009 6:22 AM
Absolutely awesome!! Now THAT is ministry!!!
Posted by: Michael Holmes at December 2, 2009 8:28 AM
Geoff, the good news is that there's some sort of story about a widow and a mite that assures you God's rejoicing with you, too.
Thanks for what your church is doing!
Posted by: Joshua Cody at December 2, 2009 11:17 AM
Now those are some awesome examples I wish we all could see more of. God bless those people and those churches
Posted by: sean salter at December 15, 2009 3:46 AM
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