Carlos over at ragamuffinsoul.com has asked his readers to chime in each Thursday with random examples of creativity in action. We call it “Creative Chaos.”
It’s been a while since I wrote a Creative Chaos post…but this week was a no-brainer.
Last week was a historical one in our community. In the year 1996—the year before our church opened its doors—there were roughly 5000 people attending church each week in Paulding County, Georgia. Last weekend, there were that many Paulding County residents at a worship service in the Sam’s Club parking lot in Hiram.
The worship service was the capstone event to a long-anticipated event that joined 8 churches (different races, different denominations, different sizes) together to do 250+ service projects in the community. There were over 3000 people serving.
I’ve already written several posts that show photos, the YouTube video, etc… I won’t rewrite it all. Here are some random facts (mainly about the worship service).
• The worship service event cost less than $6000
• We used 48′ aluminum tractor-trailer beds that were borrowed from a local business for the largest portion of our stage
• Sam’s Club was a DREAM to work with. Our liaison to the store management asked what last minute details we needed to cover before we pulled off the lot… His response was that we needed to let him know how much more of the lot we needed next time.
• Last year we did a truly “extreme” home makeover for the Weaver family. This year, they were serving on another project…cooking a huge meal for the team, painting, building. Talk about “pay it forward.”
• It was amazing to see how committed people were to their projects… Working on through word of death in the family, heavy downpours, sickness, contractors not coming through as expected. Amazing.