This post was written to be posted last Monday. Internet problems delayed it.
On Sunday, one of our elders gave our church announcements, then prayed for our children as they were dismissed as well as for our offering before it was received.
When he began to speak he shared a family story from the previous week. His four children are between ages 3 and 9 and attend our church services in the Crowne Hotel every week. During the week the family drove by the Hotel. The children started a discussion in the car, with different opinions. The debate was this: is that a hotel or a church? Then one of them referred to the name and suggested that the Crowne in Crowne Plaza Hotel must refer to the Crowne Jesus wears.
So there you have it. Unknown to the owners of the Crowne Plaza on Sunday mornings, their hotel becomes a holy place. Jesus promised that where people gather in His Name, he is there.
Wherever you are in the habit of meeting with God's people: apartment or house; church building or rented school; bamboo hut or hotel: Jesus is there. Holy people, holy place because Jesus is present and we worship Him.
On Sunday, one of our elders gave our church announcements, then prayed for our children as they were dismissed as well as for our offering before it was received.
When he began to speak he shared a family story from the previous week. His four children are between ages 3 and 9 and attend our church services in the Crowne Hotel every week. During the week the family drove by the Hotel. The children started a discussion in the car, with different opinions. The debate was this: is that a hotel or a church? Then one of them referred to the name and suggested that the Crowne in Crowne Plaza Hotel must refer to the Crowne Jesus wears.
So there you have it. Unknown to the owners of the Crowne Plaza on Sunday mornings, their hotel becomes a holy place. Jesus promised that where people gather in His Name, he is there.
Wherever you are in the habit of meeting with God's people: apartment or house; church building or rented school; bamboo hut or hotel: Jesus is there. Holy people, holy place because Jesus is present and we worship Him.
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