7/30–Can You Spare A Minute?
What we cannot do alone – we can do together.
More than 350 people of the tiny town of Stromsburg, Neb., formed a human chain to transfer thousands of books from the town’s old library to its new one.
Residents stood shoulder-to-shoulder to pass sacks containing a few books each to the new facility, a distance of a few blocks.
Most of the old library’s contents were trucked over in advance, but city leaders wanted to involve the community.
“There were people of all ages passing those books,” said Mayor Elaine Westring. “They will always remember this day.”
Sounds like a church, doesn’t it? Together, we pass along the gospel one person at a time.
– adapted by Dr. David Sylvester from USA Today, 2-22-01
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