BUILDINGS

Got an email this morning from a friend in Oklahoma who has been renting a movie theater for church (www.churchatthemovies.org) and he's telling me that the theater they use is up for sale so they are soon to be homeless.

Except ... they have found a church building, albeit with some fire damage, that they have been able to buy for $69,000. They have to put $5,000 down and pay it off at $500 a month. Is that God or what?

It's not a large congregation yet and there's a lot of work to do, so he's asking if we'd think about sending a missions work team down there. So I'm throwing it out here - email me if you're interested.

Meanwhile in darkest Iowa, where another friend closed on a building for his church a couple of weeks ago, the contractor is ready to start renovations. Apparently this contractor went into the planning department yesterday with the details of all that is proposed and emerged thirty minutes later with all his permits. I thought life was slower in the mid-west, but 30 minutes sure beats the 39 months we've been waiting.

I'm so happy for these guys. And I'm happy for us too. Happy that we're still in the theater, happy that we're still mobile, happy that we have to set up and break down every week.

Now in case you think I've definitely slipped into the outer reaches of sanity, the reasoning is real simple -

If we're sill in the theater it's because that's where God wants us. And the center of his will is the best place on earth.

By the way, we have some great plans taking shape for what we're going to do with the theater in the fall!