The other day I drove into the church parking lot only to see it covered with the remains of what looked liked a pretty cool community firework show. Would have been okay if they were safe in doing so and would have picked up afterwards. I thought to myself who will clean up this mess? I will, this is my church and I will own this. I got almost everything into a pile and then it started to pour; an hour later it was in the church dumpster. This is ownership.
I think this is huge for us a Christians! We need to take pride in our faith and in our churches. We need to step back and saying what's wrong with this picture? There is a piece of paper on the floor...pick it up and throw it away. This is ownership! There is a new person that walks through the doors of your church...go up and introduce yourself. This is ownership! An elderly person needs assistance...go help them. This is ownership! The nursery is short on help...go volunteer (turn in your background check, of course). This is ownership! Ownership solves the initial problem at hand, but in the long haul, it solves the question with what can the church do or be for me? and creates a new question of what I can do or be for my church?
