I have loved Seacoast Church from Day One, when we first attended in 2002. I have been going ever since. One of the MANY reasons I love it is because it is always looking for ways to reach out to the community, whether it be the local community or the global community.
Recently we have placed a strong emphasis on Water Missions, an organization that supplies clean water to areas that would not have access to it any other way. Water Missions water purifciation systems can be found all over the world. I had the honor of seeing one in action when I was in Sri Lanka in 2007.
Recently, Pastor Greg taught a series called "Hope Epidemic" and asked for Seacoasters to take home water bottles (supplied by the church) and fill them with coins (although there was always the option to add checks or paper money, of course!)....well, the big hearts of Seacoast brought in more than 3,000 POUNDS of coins, which took the local bank over a week to count. The last figure that I heard was well over $200,000!
As soon as we heard about the horrible earthquake in Haiti, we wanted to help as quickly as possible. Within a few days, a water purification system was loaded onto a truck and sent to Haiti. What was especially meaningful to me was that we got to write messages of hope to the people on the sides of the container. Imagine the devasted people of that island not only recieving precious water, but also receiving precious hope that God still loves them and is looking after them.....I wish I could have been there to see their faces.
" For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in....... whatever you did for the least of these my brothers, you did for me.".........Jesus
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