On Saturday, July 26th, MHC WS will scatter throughout the greater Seattle area to Serve the City. Each community group and ministry team will select a service project in their neighborhood, among their affinity group (i.e. high school, business, etc) or with an established service organization. After a day of sacrificially serving (as we’ve been sacrificially served by Jesus Christ) we’ll rendezvous back at the building, 3:00 – 5:00 PM, to BBQ and share stories from the day. Sign-ups for each project will begin for everyone on July 12th on The City under the West Seattle campus group. Questions? Email erikh@marshillchurch.org

Why are we doing this?

• We are commanded to love our neighbor as our self (Mt 22:39). If we’re all honest, it is a confronting commandment because it quickly reveals the condition of our heart and should move us to action.
• Our motivation to serve is found nowhere else but in the gospel. We love and sacrificially serve as we have been loved and sacrificially served by Jesus Christ. This includes loving and serving our enemies, because even while we were enemies Christ died for us (Rom 5:8). The only true and lasting motivation for serving and loving others is experiencing the love and grace of God, through Jesus Christ, made available to us in the gospel. If we truly know, believe and grasp that we are sinners saved by grace alone, apart from anything that we have done, we will live lives that pour out grace and generosity to those around us. 
• Serving is the gospel in action and we are called to be doers, not hearers only (James 1:22). Often there are felt needs all around us, that if met, can serve as gospel bridges for the words of the gospel to travel across into the lives of those that have yet to meet Jesus.

Will you join me in prayer for this event and the city of Seattle?  Serving and loving the city goes far beyond a single day of service, but it starts with one.

Because the Tomb is Empty,

Pastor Adam Sinnett