Use Me, Use Us

After our little debate about whether short-term missions = Christian tourism, it's interesting to see North Brooklyn Vineyard say:

I challenged everyone to band together and pray the “Use me, use us” prayer that will transform us from being a crowd of individuals doing our own thing into a community on a mission, tools in God’s hand as he remakes our broken world. We asked God to begin making us aware of opportunities to be used each day, in the midst of daily comings and goings. I also mentioned that there are opportunities right within our church where you can be used to help us carry out our mission.

In their email of February 3, North Brooklyn Vineyard went on to list 18 ways its own congregation can get involved within the community. Among the needs were musicians, greeters and promoters for the Trash Bar service, card distribution in the neighborhood, and graphic artists. It's really cool to see a church looking for such a diverse group of volunteers and encouraging its congregation to be used as the hands and feet of God. If you want to get involved, you can contact them here.

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What do those of you active in the North Brooklyn Vineyard community have to say about your volunteer work?

Are there other church leaders out there who would like to come up with a list of their own?

Maybe this gives us all pause to consider how God can use us wherever we our in our daily lives.