You know what’s sad?

When you spell community

C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y

S A D

S-A-D

Psssssssst:  Community isn’t something you spell

Psssssssssst:  Community isn’t somewhere you go

Psssssssssssssst: Community is something you do

Psssssssssssssssssssst:  Community is who we are

A couple of weeks ago my wife, Erin, put the names of the all of the folks who attend the Church I serve by Sunday’s, on a several Scrabble Boards glued together.  The little lettered tiles spelled

c-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y

in quite another way. . .but what a great symbol that jumps into any eye that enters the sanctuary.

It was quite a feat and really. . .it’s  not  finished. . .actually it never will be.   .   .

every person who continues to visit or those who officially  join  will

m     a     k     e

The Board.

Before Church we usually stop at Starbucks. . .

It’s not just because we are in early November and Christmas decorations/trees are out and up or that several Christmas channels are on Sirius radio but Starbucks has broken out their

RED  CUPS

I love that they put our name on the Cups to remind us

W H O     W E     A R E

We are frequent fliers at our neighborhood,  STARBUCKS  and they know what we want before we ever after order. It gives me  that  Gingerbread feeling.     .     .     .

What spells c-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y

more than THAT ?

THAT  doesn’t Preach C-O-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y

It’s  Living It

Wait. . .are we talking about

STARBUCKS

Church

or as Merriam-Webster would put it:

“A Unified body of individuals: as, (a): state, commonwealth, (b): the people with common interests living in a particular area;”

Or is it simply something more than the sum of its parts?

The only question that ever really matters is:

How  do  you  spell:

c-o-m-m-u-n-i-t-y  ?

Is it something

you     are?