My neighbors had recently had to fire a landscaper that was doing a poor job of building a retaining wall. The landscaper and his friend had made threats towards our neighbors, including pointing their hand at them imitating shooting a gun at them. When the man, that appeared to be loading the gun, was sitting at the end of our street, the neighbors were all on heightened alert. They took pictures of the man, his car and called the police in an effort to protect everyone on our street.
If this gunman was not stopped quickly, many innocent people on our street could be injured.
The car of the gunman that was in the picture, was the car parked in front of my house. The man in the picture was also sitting in my house, actively participating in our group.
Turns out the "gunman" was just the purchaser of a new set of shocks for his truck. He'd arrived early for group and decided to park at the end of the street, to look over his new purchase. Now with the police in my front yard, we stepped outside and managed to convince the police that our group wasn't planning any crazy takeovers of the neighborhood and we weren't harboring assassins.
Our group had a great laugh and really enjoyed the photos my neighbor delivered as he tried to explain he wasn't overly paranoid. Take a look I think you'll also find them pretty funny.
Some people might tend to think that Connect Groups are boring. Let this be a lesson to everyone: Connect groups are interesting times of getting to know each other better and living life with great people.
Check out Silver Creeks Connect Groups and consider joining one soon.
Enjoy the rest of your week,
Posted by Pastor Brent
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