Faith in Action

For the last six weeks we as a church have read "The Hole in Our Gospel." On Sunday, we put our faith in action and headed out in the community to do volunteer and service work during our normal church hours. Bob and Lukas headed out to a charity farm to help put up deer fencing, otherwise this will be a deer charity farm.
Noah wanted to bake cookies, so he and Mamma stayed at church baking up dozens of cookies as part of the cookie patrol. Noah helped place cookie dough on cookie sheets, take them off once they were cooled, keeping track on the ones in the oven, and when every morsel of dough was baked, he helped deliver the cookies. We took four large platters to the local police and fire department as a sign of gratitude for all they do for the people in the area; others drove off with arm loads of cookies for convalescence homes and retirement homes. His most important job however was to sample the cookies and rescue into his mouth those that accidentally fell on the floor.. it was a tough job and everyone appreciated Noah's willingness to do it.
After everyone had completed the service part of the morning, we gathered back at church for a picnic - Lukas got a well deserved hamburger and cold water after spending the morning outside on one of the hottest days in Carmel this year.

Noah and Lukas were both tired but energized by the work they had done for someone else - a great learning experience for both of them.