Outreach

Outreach is in Our DNA We have heard that saying so often it has become a main descriptor of our church. I hope whoever said that first has not been lost to history. What does it mean to say that something is in our DNA? To me it means that Outreach is so much a part of our way of being in the world that we cannot help but do Outreach in all the ways we can. What is Outreach? Jesus commanded us to go into all the world teaching and preaching the gospel, healing and loving one another. In the early days there was a group of people, some of whom were doctors, who were so concerned about the lack of affordable health care in Pickens County that they, along with organizers, started a free health clinic for uninsured folks (Good Samaritan Health & Wellness Center). Then out of that grew the Food Bank at Pete’s Porch (now CARES) and then the Thrift Store. At one time, someone could ask at a worship service for all who volunteered for these various nonprofits to stand and there were virtually only visitors left seated! So many of us were involved in various forms of Outreach that nearly everyone had a volunteer job at one of them. This month we will be highlighting some of the work Outreach does. Watch for more news and information each Sunday and in the Touchstone. Let us not be intentionally blind to the needs around us (see Katharine’s sermon last week). There is a place for all. -Leamarie True