Operation Backpack

It is so awesome to be a part of the church that gets it!  I was gone all week speaking at Cale Retreat and Conference Center and I returned last night.  This morning I rolled into the church to participate in Operation Backpack.  Our Operation Backpack team, made up of members from the church, met earlier in the week and set the auditorium up as a distribution center for school supplies.  

This morning we had multiple stations in the lobby for coloring, face painting, games, painting, balloons.  We also had refreshments available.   The whole event went off without a hitch and was well organized.  Many local families were helped with free school supplies and backpacks for the new school year.

A huge thanks to the team and the leaders that put this event together.  I look forward to future Operation Backpacks.  I think what was most awesome to me is to see members in a church realize that they are ministers.