Who we serve

Many of us may find it difficult to see our ministry as an act of service, as a ministry.

When we volunteer at a soup kitchen, we can see the faces of the people as we serve them food.
In a prison ministry, we can pray with the incarcerated and hear their story.
As a blood donor, we can see the pouch filling up and know precisely how it will be used.

These are all quantifiable acts of service with an immediate reward.

Praying outside 320 E. Fulton?

We can't see the child we're serving. We're not with the mother entering the building. We don't know how our prayer will take effect.

All we know for certain is that good will come from our commitment to prayer & fasting on behalf of these nameless souls. We are asking for an end to abortion, but we're entrusting this to God. It seems so passive!

This action of silent prayer is perhaps the most powerful appeal we can make, because God is the focus and God is the recipient and God is the only one reading our hearts, and nobody is more powerful than God.

If outreach to the traffic was our goal, we would hold signs and get people to honk. If outreach to the staff was our goal, then we would only stand vigil at times when they were working. If outreach to the mothers was our goal, we would all become sidewalk counselors.

No-- we are there for the Lord, to be with the Lord, to ask the Lord to heal this place.

It really is that simple. If it pleases the Lord, what else matters?