{"id":3136,"date":"2011-03-28T22:24:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T03:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2011-03-28T22:24:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T03:24:29","slug":"spring-term-2011-chicago-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=3136","title":{"rendered":"Spring Term 2011: Chicago Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time to get to work!\u00a0 This morning we all met in the lobby to walk to the trains that would take us to Soul City Church for the day.\u00a0 We did a team devotion talking about God\u2019s Holiness and Grace in relation to the generosity God has called us to be known for.\u00a0 As we begin the mission portion of our trip, it is important to recognize that anything we do to serve others is only because Christ served us first.\u00a0 We read through Romans 5 where it talks about the fact that \u201cat just the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.\u201d\u00a0 In doing that, he provided access to the Father that we never could have earned on our own.\u00a0 We have wide-open access to the Father through Jesus the Son as Christians and we have a great story to share. \u00a0We recognize that anything we do this week while serving Soul City Church is an investment in what God is doing in the city of Chicago.\u00a0 Pretty awesome opportunity!<\/p>\n

Dave VanDixhorn is the Soul City director of the 7>1 Initiatives.\u00a0 That area of the SCC ministry recognizes that the gospel would lead them to use their building 7 days a week rather than the 1 day a week that most churches are utilized.\u00a0 The 7>1 Initiative is a great way to reach people that might not otherwise come to a church.\u00a0 Dave gave us the history of SCC and an overview of the projects we will be working on this week.\u00a0 Here are the main tasks:<\/p>\n