No Strings Attached

The other day I read an interesting post from Anne Jackson at flowerdust.net. Anne was actually commenting on a friend’s post about how churches can be more involved in their communities. The reason the post caught my eye was because this has been a recent topic of discussion at our church.

The other night at our leadership team meeting we spent some time brainstorming ideas about how we as a church could show the love and mercy of Christ to people living in our communities in a way that left people with a favorable impression of the church.

Too often churches leave people with a negative impression, many times making news because of something they proclaim to be against. The question is can we the local church love our communities in such a way that we become a positive presence among our neighbors? Can we be involved in doing good in our communities with no strings attached?