Last night I was invited to a Maundy Thursday Dinner at a new small mission church in downtown Jackson. City Fellowship (http://www.cityfellowship.net/) was started by a number of dear friends from my church. Their vision is clear: to be a cross centered Biblically based church and to minister to the cross-ethnic cross-ecomonic peoples of downtown.

As I sat at my table surrounded by those I might probably love most in my Christian Family I was struck by the feeling of a small taste of heaven. Everyone smiled, everyone hugged, children moved from parents to friends to other adults with such ease and love. It was indeed a family worshiping the God they know as really real. The meal was great , catered by framily also (freinds + family = framily) www.evanseventscatering.com. But the worship was far greater. We sang, read from the Bible and had communion. All this while babies sat on laps that were not related...by choice. Everyone had the wrong kids. I loved it.

Having had a village help raise my son. I know how dear it is to have those around you that you know love your child as much as you do. If I ever had one wish for these women (who I have watched get married, pregnant and raise sweet kids) it is that they have great brothers and sisters in Christ to lean on and share life with.

These are sweet times and will be wonderful memories for this core group of families. I am so blessed to be able to watch that take place.

If you have a minute pray for City Fellowship as they help the homeless and unloved. Pray for the Pflasterer's, Smiths, Roberts,Autrys, Campbells and Leana, specifically as God grows this ministry.