Church Seven Days a Week
Rodolpho Carrasco
January 1, 2000
The devil's motorcycle has an illegal muffler. I know this because almost every Sunday morning, as we are praying for the needs of our congregation, the muffler's grind keeps the congregation of Northwest Fellowship from hearing all the prayers. Truth be told, we set ourselves up for the devil's machinations. Our little congregation of 35 to 50 people (depending on the day and number of children) meets on the outside porch of the Harambee Christian Family Center. We have the porch covering over our heads, but no walls. From that corner we can see our neighborhood, in all four directions, and they can see us. They can also hear us. The piano, the bongo drums, the twin guitars, the congregants singing the same songs every week. I really like our little Sunday worship service, for two reasons. First, we try to live out the biblical idea of a "kingdom of priests," so many members have preached, led sharing and prayers, delivered mission field reports, and served on the worship team. Second, and more importantly, Sunday morning does not define us as a body. Don't get six-year-old Northwest Fellowship confused with the Harambee Christian Family Center, a multi-faceted ministry to the eight square blocks surrounding the intersection of Navarro and Howard. Formally, Harambee Center and Northwest Fellowship are independent in every way. Still, walk into Harambee Center's after-school tutoring program, then walk into church, and you'll see the usual suspects. It's this non-legal, unofficial connection that enables Northwest Fellowship to be church seven days a week. There's a six-unit apartment about eight houses away from the porch where we meet. Last year, five of those apartments housed Northwest Fellowship members. This situation ...
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