WOW!

We had a planning meeting for WOW this evening, and I am really getting exciting for it. WOW is a ministry on Wednesday evenings that BUMC did several years ago that was very successful. It stood for Way Out Wednesdays, and we tossed around some ideas of updating what it stands for, but for now we are just sticking with WOW.

We had a really great group of folks at the meeting tonight, and I think everything is going to come together and this will be a fantastic ministry for our church and community. We're going to have a free meal (donations accepted, but we want everyone to be able to come regardless of their ability to pay); games, lessons, and activities for the children; youth group; and studies for adults. It will be a community event open to everyone with something for all ages each and every week!

In The United Methodist Church, we currently have an initiative going by the name of "ReThink Church." The purpose of it is to get us to think about church in terms of more than just a worship service and Sunday School, and I think WOW will do just that. We will be providing a great service to the community with a fun place for children and youth to spend their free time, we will be doing outreach through a free meal and hopefully some other things like a food pantry and clothing closet, we will be offering meaningful ways for people to grow in their faith, and we will be looking beyond our church membership to see what we can do for our community and the world. I think that's more what Jesus had in mind when he started this entire movement some 2000 years ago!