Do Something Today
Recently our congregation participated in our second annual Do Something day immediately following a shortened Sunday service. Since arriving at First Church of God five years ago, lead pastor David Colp has had a heart for community transformation within the overriding vision of transforming lives through Christ. A thousand or more members of all ages spread out through the area working on a wide variety of projects last year and again this year. We were asked to keep track of all the hours we volunteered over the course of the year (something I didn't do well) as we reached for over 50,000 hours, near $1,000,000 in time and talent donations to the area. Treasure gets donated as well by many, but that's a different story and not different from many congregations of varied but common theology. 2011 Team I had the honor of leading a group working at the United Way of Southwest Michigan (UWSM) both yea...