One of the highlights of my week this week came early on Tuesday morning at 6:30am at Ferny Grove Primary School. I had just dropped off half of our pancake supplies and was walking back to my car to collect the remaining supplies, when a young girl headed to before school care with her Dad spotted me coming along the path and began waving excitedly. I was tempted to look behind me to make sure she was waving at me, and not someone else, but I waved back and when I approached her I said, “are you looking forward to pancakes this morning?” She smiled and nodded and her Dad said “We thought you were the pancake lady!”  I’ll take it! My role is generally helping set up and prepare the pancake mix, ready for the BBQ team. A “behind the scenes” type role, but important nonetheless.

There is something special about serving in small, practical ways, especially when it brings joy to kids and families in our neighbourhood. That morning we cooked up 20kg of pancake mix and heard one of our best compliments ever! One boy said “These pancakes are better than a five-star restaurant!” We didn’t ask him if he’d ever been to a five-star restaurant, but again, we’ll take it!

On that same Tuesday morning, Pastor Henry was serving pancakes at Ferny Grove High School, and there is an opportunity to serve pancakes at The Gap High School with Chappy Kristen next week also! These opportunities are such a simple but powerful way to show God’s love and bless our next generation through yummy food, lots of fun and a connection that makes a lasting impact.

Jesus said in Matthew 5:16, and it is also written on the wall in our foyer, “Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

When we serve others, the light of Christ is able to shine into the darkest of places and when we serve with joy, people notice, not just the delicious pancakes, but the heart behind them.

If you’ve been thinking about serving in one of our ministry teams and would love to be involved, we’d love to help you find your place. There is more information in this week’s Newsletter about how to get involved, 

but let’s keep shining where God places us, even if its one 

pancake, one kind word, one smile or one act of love at a time.

God bless, Mel