Steve Sikes Blog  

I got a surprise when I looked inside my office mail slot this week.  The first thing I noticed was a little paper church building glued to a grass-green piece of cardstock that said, “The Foundation.”  The second thing I noticed was the writing all over the walls and roof of my miniature building:

• Handicapped programs for kids in the community.
• Clothes collection for the poor.
• Addiction programs, meals, talks, testimonies.
• Free yard work and house work for shut-ins.
• A night the homeless can come to the church building, eat a meal, spend the night, and we’ll wash their laundry.

As I read and re-read what was written, I felt (to some extent) I was on holy ground looking into the heart of God through our teens.  Of course, I wasn’t the only one with a church building in my mail slot; all of the elders and Dan had buildings also – each with different statements of vision, service, connection and outreach.

Last Sunday night, the teens had 28 in their “Small Group.”  Tim Davis had the group break-up into eight smaller groups to put their church buildings together and come up with foundational ideas of what Jesus’ body in action should look like.

I’ve made a decision to keep my little church building and foundation close to my computer this year.  Just looking at it from time to time will be a reminder how much God desires to have a voice through our children and teens.  May we become more and more a people under the BASILEIA/REIGN OF GOD!

“Seek ye first His BASILEIA/REIGN OF GOD and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”  Matthew 6:33

God is good!  Mr. Steve