On the Sunday that Ray...
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On the Sunday that Ray and Karen joined the church, Lois shared her hesitancy to visit
first-time guests to the church. She said that when the pastor told of a new program to
visit guests she thought he was crazy and that it would not work. In spite of her
reservations, Lois and her husband agreed to be part of a team to make visits.
Lois and her husband visited with Ray and Karen on the Sunday afternoon after they visited the church for the first time. Lois would look for them and make a point of talking with them every Sunday. She introduced them to other people in the church as well. The two couples soon became friends. Their friendship was unique. Lois and Gordon are in their seventies while Ray and Karen are in their early thirties. When Gordon was in the hospital, Ray stopped to see him on his way home from work. When Karen and Ray had their first child, Gordon and Lois hosted a baby shower for them at church.
Not only did the program yield new members to the church, Lois said they also made new friends in Ray and Karen. As Lois spoke she was choking up with emotion.
Jesus told the disciples and tells us, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." Jesus sends us out. Who are the people you know who with some effort might come to know Jesus?
Lois and her husband visited with Ray and Karen on the Sunday afternoon after they visited the church for the first time. Lois would look for them and make a point of talking with them every Sunday. She introduced them to other people in the church as well. The two couples soon became friends. Their friendship was unique. Lois and Gordon are in their seventies while Ray and Karen are in their early thirties. When Gordon was in the hospital, Ray stopped to see him on his way home from work. When Karen and Ray had their first child, Gordon and Lois hosted a baby shower for them at church.
Not only did the program yield new members to the church, Lois said they also made new friends in Ray and Karen. As Lois spoke she was choking up with emotion.
Jesus told the disciples and tells us, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." Jesus sends us out. Who are the people you know who with some effort might come to know Jesus?
