Getting Dirty for Jesus

Next Sunday, I'll meet our mission trip group from First Christian Church of Lynchburg, VA, at the airport north of Houston. We'll drive east a bit to spend a week rebuilding Northwood Christian Church in Beaumont.

As the one driving, I'll haul some of our members' favorite hammers, tool belts, and other gear. Probably a few air mattresses, too! The weather looks good. Well, that is, if temperatures in the 90s and the high humidity of the Gulf look good to to you. At least there aren't any tropical storms brewing in the Atlantic.

We're part of the second-week group of Volunteers in Mission, a ministry of Disciples Home Missions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) who are rebuilding the worship center this summer. This means we'll probably be framing walls.

Two of our group members, David and Wes, have extensive construction experience. I have pretty good skills with a hammer thanks to several Habitat builds. Susan and Julia are in the same boat I am. J and K are middle-school age. They're going to have better construction skills and knowledge by the end of the week than most kids their age.

I'll update this blog as best I can during the build. The kids are more tech-savvy, so they'll edit and upload a vlog to YouTube and I'll link to it from here.

What do we want from you? Prayers, mostly, and to know that you're part of what we do. When one part of the body of Christ is at work, it's on behalf of the whole body of Christ. So, keep cheering us on and, by following our updates on facebook, Twitter, and this blog, you can participate in the build along with us.

You can stay up to date on Twitter by following @fcclynchburg (that's the First Christian feed) and @GD4JC (Getting Dirty for Jesus, the Volunteers in Mission feed).

Blessings and Peace!