Body Parts!

After watching this play develop over the past few months, I can soundly say that our staff and volunteers had a true passion for bringing an outstanding experience to this community. ATFC was a labor of love; love for our God and love for the community.

As a staff member at GRPC who was not directly involved with the production of ATFC, I can tell you how humbling it is to see something evolving that you can't wrap your head around. I am simply not gifted in most of the areas required to participate in the production of a play. So when I saw and heard the amazing things going on day after day, it brought me great joy. Why? Because 1 Corinthians 12 was brought to life in rich ways. This passage describes the necessity of the Body, or the Church, to appreciate the functions of its various parts. Each of us have unique skills, talents, inclinations, and interests, and these are all by God's design. He has written the greatest story, and each of us has been called to fulfill a part in it. We must strive to discover what that part is and then strive to be content with it (that's where it gets hard!). Using an analogy from ATFC, not all are called to be actors with speaking lines, but the play could not run without a dedicated stage crew. Both roles are equally important. God uses both great and small to do marvelous things. And that was certainly true of ATFC.

I pray that many were blessed by the passion and joy of those that worked so hard to share the love of God with their neighbors this Christmas season!