Sunday, March 1, 2009

Serving

I spent the last weekend (Feb 21-22) in Baton Rouge with the wonderful folks at Healing Place Church. Pastor Dino Rizzo will soon be releasing a new book entitled Servolution. It is all about Healing Place Church's journey to serve the people around them and the people around the world.

The week before Easter, HPC is encouraging other churches around the country to join them in serving their community. While I was there the number of churches registered went over the 100 mark. If you would like more information, go to www.servolution.org and see for yourself what is happening.

I had the opportunity to visit and speak in a couple of their satellite churches. I saw the servant heart in reaching out through prayer to so many who had come to church carrying heavy burdens. One body is serving over 30 widows each week; providing them a meal, mowing their lawn or doing whatever it takes. That's truly what the "church" should be about.

Not only is HPC reaching people across their community, state and region - they are making a significant difference in missions around the world. I was blessed to be a part of their service, and deeply appreciated their hospitality - I felt very much at home!

To the people of HPC - God bless you - and thanks for all you do!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

dude it was a great honor to have you here with us again. thanks for spreading the word about the 7 Days of Servolution - can't wait to see what God does with that one - the body of Christ - Churches from all over - coming together to serve our communities... gonna be cool...

p.s. - still watching for you to make your splash on twitter... :-)

Mitch & Charlotte Hildebrant said...

I LOVE this concept... they have exactly what i desire to see in "Church" amazing model!