On Sunday night our church was struck by lightning and caught on fire. The fire was small and no one was hurt. The damage is mostly contained and we will work through the inconveniences caused by this event.
People have very strong feelings when this happens to their church. When something this important to us is threatened, we want to rise to the occaison and do something to resolve the danger.
Here is the good news for us. Smoke alarms and sprinkler systems worked fine. We experienced an excellent response by the Lees Summit fire department. Caring friends worked in the middle of the night to help clean up the water. [Jerry Cesar, Gary Glenn, Les and Donna Flandermyer] And last but not least, we have insurance that will make everything right.
Here is my suggestion. Since we are going to be ok, lets put our passion to use. How about we use the drive and emotion of this moment to reach out to those who have been impacted in very painful ways by these storms. The people in Greensburg, Ks. lost their entire church. They lost their entire town. Several members of their community were killed. How can we help them?
Let's turn our pain into an oportunity to reach out to others in need.
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