A week ago I was soon to leave for Pottstown, PA. Kork and Missy Moyer were expecting me to join them for the evening as Kork led the meeting of one of the churches of Still Waters Home Churches and Worship Center. I was halfway through the home church experience before I was able to orient myself. I was on the mission field!
Doing ministry among the poor and homeless is very different than the experience which most of us have in mind when we think "church" and "ministry." It is raw and basic. I remembered that this was what ministry looked and felt like among refugees in Germany-one of the ministries we were privileged to do while in Europe years ago with GBIM (Grace Brethren International Missions).
After home church at Melvin and Nancy's, we drove some of the people to their simple homes. Then, we went "scouting" for some of the folks who would be spending the night at the homeless shelter which Kork helps oversee. Kork and Missy's son, Taylor and friend Emma were busy making supper with food supplied by Amy, who had recently been evicted from her apartment.
"I'm glad my children know these people," Kork remarked on our way to his place as the clock was nearing midnight. "I feel like Jesus, serving these people. This ministry really is 'follow me, as I follow Christ.' And tomorrow, I'll get up and do it all over again!"
Pray for our NAF church in Pottstown, PA, led by Kork Moyer.
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