What
If...?
A month
ago I was talking to someone who told me that if he ever won the
lottery he would show up in my office with a cheque for a few million
dollars for us to use for a specific project (and this person had a
very specific project that he would ask us to take on – I am not
telling you what that was).
That
discussion has been sitting with me ever since. Not surprising since
I often think about what we as a congregation could do if a windfall
of money came our way. Actually, the way the thought process usually
happens for me is “gee if only we had the money we could...”
I tend
to have a lot of dreams. Expensive dreams.
But I
am also sure I am not the only dreamer in this congregation. And so I
am going to ask you the same question I asked at our November Council
meeting.
If
someone walked in the door tomorrow and said “here is $2 000 000,
use it to do ministry in Grande Prairie” what project(s) would you
have us take on?
And now
I will tell you why I ask.
One of
the challenges of life in a faith community is that we get used to
doing what we always do. And sometimes we forget to ask ourselves
what holes there are that we could possibly help fill in. It is my
belief that to be faithful to the God who calls us to take part in
God’s Kingdom we have to be ready to try out new things from time
to time. As the community changes so does our activity.
Where
are the holes in Grande Prairie? Which ones might we be able to fill
(and are some of those things we could help make happen even without
the imaginary benefactor)?
I am
not expecting the $2 000 000 to arrive any day soon. But still I
wonder, what might we do with that money? What might we do even in
its absence?
Gord
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