Well my friends, as I write this post, the hour is late!  I just returned home from a mission trip to a small town in the mountains of Mexico, Ixtepec.  Seven of us from Wesley spent a week with a medical team from both Tennessee and Mexico.  Along with doctors, we served in the pharmacy; washing feet; entertaining children; running back and forth for supplies; and leading worship. 

The Apostle Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 12:12 – The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. (NLT) Paul then goes on to tell us that it takes all kinds of people to make a church – the Body of Christ in the world.  It is interesting to note that the word the New Testament writers used for church was ἐκκλησία.  We get our modern word eclectic from this word. This Greek word literally means: a gathering of people called out from their homes into some public place.  The church is only the church when we get out!

I am proud to serve a church that takes their call to get out and get to work seriously!  Here at Wesley we not only get out to foreign countries, but right here at home!  As I write this there are people from Wesley serving in the food pantry; some are packing supplies for the homeless, and others are preparing sack pack for school children who are facing food scarcity.   

Do all the people who have served with these ministries have the same interests? Do we all have the same gifts?  No, but we all serve the same Lord, and we are all called to serve.  I encourage each of you to serve your church – your ἐκκλησία, in any way that you are able.  The Church is only the Church when we step out of our comfort zones and serve the Lord by serving others.

Today, let’s serve!   

Posted by Ramón Torres