Community Ministries
Brenda Ameli
Have you ever noticed how food draws people together?? Some of us in Community Ministries noticed and now a wonderful group of volunteers bring snacks, water, and fruit to church on the 4th Sunday of each month.
We love to stand back and watch people gather together, munching away, getting to know each other, hanging out together between gatherings. The heart of Community Ministries is bringing people together, into the life and purpose of Clayton Community Church.
Some other things in the works with Community are the All-Church Fall Retreat, the May Banquet, Lunch with the Pastor, Brown Bag lunches after church and the development of an usher team to serve alongside the greeters.
Speaking of serving, I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to the concept of service as a form of worship. Sometimes when I serve as director of Community Ministries on Sundays, I miss the worship part of the gathering. I hate missing that, but what I’ve noticed is that even if I don’t get to worship God through song on a Sunday here and there, I am still filled with worshipping Him through serving.
Loving and caring for the people He brings to Clayton Community Church each week is my act of worship, and when I open my heart fully to that idea, I find that I have received at least as much as I have given out.
If you are curious about serving in Community Ministries, please contact me! You can e-mail me: community@claytoncc.com or call the church office and Jennifer can get you in touch with me.
Brenda Ameli
September 2006