"This Is Church"

It goes without saying that preparing and executing impactful services every Sunday is a key objective of any church that wants to bear much fruit. At the same time, however, it is important to remember that so often the small stuff can lead to a great harvest as well.

Recent my wife, Dorcas, and I had the opportunity to attend the Willow Creek Association Leadership Summit, and Bill Hybels said the same thing. He talked about the importance of doing the small stuff and the little things. Hybels said about these things, "This is church."

"This is church."

Bill Hybels hit the nail on the head with this one.

When we are listening to a taxi driver talk about his life's struggles, or when we are having a cup of coffee with a man whose marriage is crumbling, or when we are going to a clinic with a pregnant teenage girl because the father of the baby has abandoned her, or when we are receiving a 3:00 A.M. phone call from an anguished mother whose son has just been in a car accident, or when we are trying to find a job for a man who is having trouble putting food on the table for his family ... "This is church."

It's very important to focus on the bigness of a well-executed and impactful Sunday morning service.

It's just as important to focus on the bigness of small acts of kindness which show the love of Christ to those who desperately need it.

"This is church."