Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2014 22:56:49 GMT
How one church stepped out of its comfort zone and discovered a joy-filled ministry.
I was close to terrified when the first of the Club 21 participants came through the church door on a warm Friday night in the summer of 2010. Five volunteers and I stood in a stiff line, with frozen smiles on our faces as the special needs young adults streamed into the church, chattering excitedly with their friends, parents, and caregivers. We, the Castle Oaks volunteers, feeling conspicuous and awkward, were completely out of our element, wondering what we had gotten ourselves into….
Submitted by: Paul Lessard, Castle Oaks Covenant Church, Castle Rock, Colorado (The Covenant Companion – October, 2011)
"The Risky Business of Serving Jesus" (PDF)
I was close to terrified when the first of the Club 21 participants came through the church door on a warm Friday night in the summer of 2010. Five volunteers and I stood in a stiff line, with frozen smiles on our faces as the special needs young adults streamed into the church, chattering excitedly with their friends, parents, and caregivers. We, the Castle Oaks volunteers, feeling conspicuous and awkward, were completely out of our element, wondering what we had gotten ourselves into….
Submitted by: Paul Lessard, Castle Oaks Covenant Church, Castle Rock, Colorado (The Covenant Companion – October, 2011)
"The Risky Business of Serving Jesus" (PDF)