Serve the Lord with Gladness

“Serve the Lord with Gladness.” These 5 words from Psalm 100 perfectly describe Mt Bethel’s Great Day of Service on Saturday, March 29th. Teams raked and weeded and spread truck loads of mulch at numerous elementary schools and assisted living facilities. Old rooms in Boys and Girls clubs came to life as walls were repaired and then covered with new paint. Clothes and toys were cleaned and organized at shelters. Boxes were carefully packed to be shipped to our troops in Iraq. Hundreds of envelopes were stuffed for the Fragile Kids Foundation. Children filled 10 rooms to create cards for soldiers, decorate burp clothes for needy children, make sandwiches for MUST ministries, and put dental kits together for children in Ecuador. Twenty eight homeowners were helped with yard work, cleaning, and minor repairs. Mt Bethel members wearing red Great Day of Service tee shirts and infectious, broad smiles could be found literally everywhere doing almost everything to help brighten the life of someone else.

Amazing things happen when over 1,000 members come together for just 4 hours to work as one body, following our Lord’s example of serving others. Each and every Great Day of Service team has a story that touches your heart and increases your faith. It’s like Stuart Lance said in an email he sent to thank the teams that worked at St Philip UMC, “No one could ever describe the Great Day without being there, it truly is immeasurable.”

Well done Mt Bethel!