The Church going door to door

This past Saturday I was blessed to be part of a group of folks from the Winterville Church that conducted a door to door blitz to invite folks to an upcoming Block party and VBS. I know that the idea of church folks going door to door lurks somewhere near the dinosaur section of life, but it was a fresh reminder of the power of presence.
The group knocked on over 500 doors with a good number of folks at home. I only heard of one instance where a door was closed to the visitors. Every other experience was met with a grateful expression. In my own encounters, numbers of folks said how they appreciated someone thinking of them.
I have always been an advocate of keeping a presence in the community and am even more convinced that it helps in two very important ways. Both of which was very clear last Saturday.
One is that the people of the community get the idea that the church is alive and open for business. It also gives the visitors a chance to demonstrate the nature of he church by their behavior at this persons door. A kind spirit and graciousness is easy to understand and attach to the while congregation.
Secondly it keeps the church folks aware of what life is really like in homes other than their own. It keeps faces in front of the people in a positive way.
Find a reason, but get your folks out in the community, it will do you good.