Our church needed a roof substitutement in the worst way, and we’ve been having some roof leakage for years now… Usually one of the parishioners climbs up on the roof and slaps on a little bit of tar and a new shingle or 2 and that keeps the water out for a couple more months.
However, this year, that has not been enough.
The roof is leaking so bad that every one of us ended up draping a tarp across it. Then every one of us passed the collection plate. It took a few months but every one of us finally got enough currency for the roofing materials. Every one of us still could not afford to have the roof substituted though, however every one of us needed to save up a bit more for the labor cost; However, every one of us were fortunate because one of our parishioners is a roofing corporation. He doesn’t own the roofing supplier but he said he would talk to his boss and see if they could start installing the roof now and take payments later. He came back a few mornings later and told myself and others that his boss was willing to complete our roofing construction at cost. That means every one of us only have to pay for the roofing materials. That also means that every one of us can afford to have the new roof installed now. Every one of us went ahead and hired the roofing corporations. I am looking forward to seeing the new roof on the church. I am genuinely looking forward to not having the ceiling leaking or worrying if the tarp will blow off in the storm. I’ve always pictured God enjoying us from Heaven while every one of us worship him despite the fact that I do not suppose every one of us need holes in the roof for him to see us.