First, a little history.  10 years ago in Little Rock, Arkansas, some churches put together a day of service for their community.  It has blossomed into 100 (!) churches dedicating a weekend each year to serving the community (and suburbs) of Little Rock.  It is a huge success and makes the gospel powerful on many levels where heretofore it had not been.  Accordingly, that paradigm has now cropped up in 44 other cities around the country, including Jackson.

A group of pastors organized a couple of years ago in Jackson under the umbrella called Transformation Jackson.  All of us in central Mississippi share in the hope that the prevailing culture of Jackson (and suburbs) would be more positive and family friendly and that the quality of life would increase substantially.  That group of pastors went to Little Rock and came back with an idea last year called Shine ‘09.  It involved a number of service projects in Jackson and it is being repeated and expanded this year to more churches and the suburbs.  We expect it to be an annual event here also.

For Shine 2010, Morrison Heights is involved, hopefully in a big way.  Saturday, March 6, is the day set aside throughout the area for our collective efforts.  Mark Sandifer has talked to our civic leaders and identified 4 projects.  They are:

The goal of all of these projects is to show our concern for our community and to “earn the right to be heard”.  All of us care about the progress and health of our community and about the gospel advance in our community in particular.  So, we are getting together on March 6 from 8-11:30 a.m.  Join us if you can.

As for me and my house, I dig landscaping (pun!) so I am gonna tackle project #1.  I am writing to:

There is a lot of trash, a lot of fallen leaves and limbs, bad drainage, some undergrowth to be removed.  Hey, we could even use a boxblade on a tractor.

We have embraced all 4 projects so we don’t all need to work on Mt. Salus road.  However, time permitting, I hope you can join with us and let’s make some great memories together and help our neighbors and community.

Greg

The Kaleo Servant Leader Team is a group of about fifteen students who are responsible for leading the ministries of the college ministry.  The requirements are tough and the work is often long and hard, but the ministry is fulfilling and the relationships are genuine.

• Weekly accountability
• Meetings every Sunday during the fall and Spring semesters at 4:45 p.m.
• Servant Leader retreat each Easter break.
• Servant Leader training  for two days at the beginning of each semester.
• Reading at least one assigned book per semester.
• Regular worship and small-group attendance.
• Fulfilling the requirements of assigned ministry duties.

Application process (all materials due by March 11, 2010):

• Online application
• Three references (a friend/family member, a co-worker/supervisor, and a church leader).
  Email this link to your references: http://www.kaleocm.com/about-us/servant-leader-reference-2010/

Your application and references will be viewed by the Servant Leader nomination team.

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