Our new bus is also a great method of "spreading the word". Last week it went with our youth to Montreat and Pastor Susan received this e-mail:
Dear. Ms. Hayes,
On our way to church this morning (in Knoxville, Tennessee), we passed the church bus for St. Mark's church! I'm not altogether sure why that was such an encouragement, but it was an unexpected blessing to me to see the presence of one of our sister churches so far from its "home base."
I don't know what brought your folks this far East, but I'm guessing it was some sort of retreat or mission trip. In any case, I pray that the journey and its purpose will be a blessing, both to those within the bus and to those who greet them at their destination.
If ever you or anyone else from St. Mark's finds themselves in Knoxville again, please let me know. I would love to break bread with you and enjoy to hear about what is happening within the congregation and in Baldwin [sic].
May our Lord continue to bless you and the ministries of St. Mark. If you're serving as interim pastor, that probably means there is a PNC hard at work behind the scenes. I will pray for them.
Your brother in Christ, Wyn BryantPastor, Spring Place Church (PCUSA), Knoxville, TennesseeWhat are some other ways we can use the church bus to promote St. Mark and its missions? What are some other ways we can use it to help our members and others in our community? How important is it that we, also, reach out to other congregations in our denomination with words of encouragement and offers of prayer?
We could transport our members on the bus to walk/race events such as Miles for Melanoma. (We would have done that this this year, except that the same weekend that the youth were taking it to Montreat!)
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