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October 24, 2006
C'mon get your hands dirty!
Spent the morning helping out at the local foodbank. Packed some food. Talked to people. Drove one lady home. Great way of connecting with people. Wished I had done it sooner. I've volunteered before, but it always seems that something comes up.
Over this past year I've been trying to figure out where it's important for me to spend my time. I know, did it really need to take a year to figure that out. Probably not, but when you spend years where pastoral work is mostly done in an office it's not easy to leave that behind. Anyway, not the issue, I was surprised, maybe shouldn't have been, but was surprised by the the fact that most of the people involved and helping were over 60. I asked about that, and was told that's pretty much par for the course around here. I guess my challenge is this, if you've got some extra time, why not get involved in some community program where you're building relationships with people in need. C'mon, get your hands dirty! Just a thought.
Posted by: ed