So, there I was in the Superstore on a Friday night after the closing of the Bible School (we called it the Summer Church Camp 2005!) being asked a simple, yet profound, question by the cashier: "Are you building the church yet?" And without missing a beat, I smiled and said, "Yes, we are building it – one person at a time. Thanks for asking!"
And that is exactly what we are doing, building this Christian community one person at a time, day by day, Sunday by Sunday, event by event, visit by visit, through our worship, our programs, our publicity and through our people as they invite others to become part of… to become part of whatever we become in the years ahead.
The Presbytery of Halifax-Lunenburg decided a few years earlier that the rapidly growing area of Halifax West would be fertile ground for a new church development. Committees were struck and plans were made and land was purchased and…
There! That's the church we are building.
"The church is not a building; the church is not a steeple; the church is not a resting place; the church is a people. I am the church! You are the church! We are the church together! All who follow Jesus, all around the world! Yes, we are the church together!" (Book of Praise #475)
