Adoption

So often we see commercials or ads asking us to adopt children in Third World countries to feed them and provide school supplies. These are children who have been abandoned. Their society doesn't want them, so some NPO has taken them in and overseeing their welfare.

In Culpeper, there are neighborhoods filled with people who have been abandoned. Even local churches have turned their back on these neighborhoods. Perhaps the local churches believe they are too hard to reach. Perhaps the local churches would prefer to reach more affluent people who could make a difference in their budgets.

At City on a Hill Church, we're adopting neighborhoods. That's right. We're actually going to the neighborhoods that the other local churches are ignoring. The people in these neighborhoods have been crying out to God in their own way, and now God is sending us because we're simply saying to God, "Here I am."

As a result, people are turning to the Lord for answers. People are giving their lives to Christ. People are finding value in themselves and are being reminded that God loves them.

I love the fact that God is using us in these special ways. I hope it never stops.