Our hospitality is much the same way, it must cost us something. They learned early on that when they offered free day camp during the summer, no one wanted to come, because they thought it must not bee any good to be free.
#CITY CONNEXX FOR FREE#
Jay Height, the pastor at Shepherd Community in Indianapolis said, they don't offer things for free there. It makes people feel valued, it shows value. You don't need to have silver and china to have a welcoming home, but you do need to offer the best of yourself. Hospitality is an interesting thing that way. You don't need the best or the greatest things, but you should definitely offer people your best.
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It's a small lesson that's important to remember. I heard someone say once that you can tell a lot if someone litters, because it probably means they don't care about a lot of things in their life. I know it's silly, and it seems so small, but I think care and thoughtfulness in how you maintain a building really rolls over into how you do a lot of things. I'm learning daily the importance of doing things well and taking pride in your work. We also had the plumber come out who discovered that the toilet that has had "out of order" taped to the door since before our arrival, had a kitchen sink tube and shut off valve, instead of a toilet one (this could've ended with some serious flooding issues that would have cost a lot more than the little bit for the plumber). Today I found a dead bird in the kitchen. The building wasn't well maintained, so there is a vast amount to work on.
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The down side to having a building is that there are so many things that can go wrong or need to be done.
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It also gives us some concrete goals of what to aim for, and something physical for people to see. It gives us something tangible in the very intangible world of church planting. It gives us a talking point as we interact with neighbors. It's given us the ability to host City Connexx teams and other groups. Having a building is a blessing, most of the time.