Change of plans

The drama I was scheduled to be in this weekend was cancelled. The pastor, Mark Beeson, decided to go another direction with the "sermon" in light of hurricane Katrina. A few thoughts might pop into your head at this particular moment:

1. Bummer - I was really looking forward to a funny Jeopardy-parody-type drama.
2. Wow - that really stinks, in light of all the hard work, time, effort and energy Becky put into getting ready for this weekend.
3. They couldn't have figured that out earlier in the week? I mean, after all, the hurricane happened on Monday!
4. Who gives a rip?? Drama's for losers!

Ok, no matter if you fall into one of those categories or not, here's what you need to know:

I am SO proud of my church! I can't believe how lucky I am to be a part of a huge body of believers that feels strongly enough about the suffering of other people that we actually take time out of our regular lives to acknowledge that something is happening out there that is bigger than us. I can't believe that I get to say that MY church partnered with Feed the Children and sent scores of semi-trucks full of food and supplies to the survivors of the hurricane before the week was even out! I'm proud that we are a church that practices what is preached - that we don't "play" church - we ARE the church, and when something like this happens - whether it's here in the U.S. or on the other side of the world - we DO something about it. I can't believe that I get to be a part of something like that!