Now that's service

We have a new volunteer in our ministry that I just have to tell you about. This guy is dating one of our key leaders and was asked by his girlfriend to come with him to Spiked. Now, let me give you some background. This dude had a very bad experience with church when he was younger - very, very bad. So bad that he had no intention of going back ever again. And, just like a woman can do, he starting dating a solid follower and server and gave church a second chance. Luckily, that church was NHC. He started coming and thought, "hey, this isn't so bad." But, he still didn't really feel comfortable. It wasn't until he started hanging out with our students that he felt comfortable. He started helping with groups and wanted to be a group leader. Now, and this is why I am writing about this today, I just found out that he takes off work on Wednesdays just to lead his community group. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I bet there are tons of you guys that didn't really get it until you started giving it away. This is the power of serving and this is the power of tapping someone on the shoulder and getting them to serve with you.