The Importance of Ministries

I serve a church that is open to new ideas and innovative ways to do ministry. Over the last few days I have been thinking about the impact our ministries have on the lives of people.

For example...

• We have a Food Pantry ministry that provides food free of charge to people in need. What I like about this ministry is the way we distribute the food. We do not simply give people a bag of groceries indiscriminately, we allow people to "shop" for the food they want. This insures the food we give out truly meets needs of those visit our food pantry.
• Our Comfort and Care ministry provides pastoral care to our family members in times of hospital stays, surgeries and other health procedures. They truly help multiply our pastoral ministry.
• Our Handyman ministry keeps our church facilities in working order, the work these men have donated has truly helped the church save money on repairs as well as be wise stewards of our resources.
• The GLOW Women's ministry connects women to one another as well as provides acts of service to meet the needs of several other ministries.
• Bead Attitudes creates and sales jewelry; a portion of the profits is sent to our missionary wives our church supports.
• Our newest ministry; Samaritan Squad meets the needs of our congregation by providing home health care advice as well as be the first responders in case of a medical emergency in our worship services.

These are just a few of the ministries of PBCC which strengthen the body and help us connect to one another through service. One of the scripture values of PBCC is found in 1 Peter 4:10, Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. The desire of our leadership is for us to continue to see our members become involved in some type of ministry where we can faithfully administer God's grace.