Last week I spent in Nome working with the Community United Methodist Church. Attending our meetings was a couple who was new to the Nome community in the last year. They gave a wonderful testimony about why they chose to attend the UMC. When they got to town they talked to people about what was happening around town. They kept hearing about the UMC. They heard a lot of "buzz" about the UMC - the UMC does this and that, they all go to the UMC, you should meet the UMC pastors...
I thought that was a wonderful witness to the vitality of the church. Does your church have "buzz" in the community? When a new person comes to town what do people say about your church? Do people even know you exist?
Often we get caught up in all the good works we are about and forget to develop relationships in the community - to let people know what we are doing - to work connections outside the church. I pray that our churches all have a positive "buzz" around town for what is happening through them for the sake of Jesus Christ.
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