Webster defines them as one who renders a service or takes part in a transaction while having no legal concern or interest (2) : one who receives a conveyance or transfer of property without giving valuable consideration.
That definition doesn't come close to the way I would define Lifepoint's volunteers. "having no legal concern or action"..."without giving valuable consideration" Clearly Webster is wrong. The word Activist almost seems more appropriate. Webster defines and Activist as one who is especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause. That seems a little more accurate except for the political part :-)
Our volunteers/activist serve with hearts like I have never seen. They move vacations to volunteer, they arrange work schedules to volunteer, they are 2nd time guest and they sign up to volunteer. The volunteer culture at Lifepoint is amazing. There are teams all over the place on Sunday morning and throughout the week who work tirelessly to serve our community for ONE purpose "To Reach People Who are Far From God". That is their cause! Most serve because they have been in a front row seat of a "life change story". They have either personally experienced it at Lifepoint or they know someone who has. They have seen God save marriages, heal homes, and change lives. They have watched children invite families and homes be changed forever. They have watch Husbands lead their homes and entire families come to Christ. They have watched Hell be shaken because they chose to be an active part of what God is doing in a little town in Virginia.
Each Sunday these volunteers serve God, our Church, and our community and this past weekend we had the chance to serve them. Each year the staff and staff families celebrate our volunteers at some type of dinner. Last year it was a Luau but this year it was an 80's BASH! There were costumes and costumes and more costumes. It was unreal how excited everyone was over dressing up in their 80's stuff. This seemed to be the only topic of conversation for weeks leading up to the big event. I will list some of the highlights:
-A Rubics Cube cake
-A living room setup to play the original Nintendo
-An 80's Mustang parked in the middle of the room
-Karaoke (with only 80's music of course)
-Roller skates for those who wanted to wear them
-Tin Lunch boxes, Stuffed CareBears, My Little Ponies as table toppers
-Tv's around the room playing 80's movies
-A dance floor where the Staff (not spouses, just the staff :-) came out and danced the Thriller dance.
And this is what the staff did to show their love to all those hard working volunteers :-)
This is just SOME of the over 300 costumes:
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| Mary Lou |
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| Optimus Prime |
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| Prom |
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| Smurfs |
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| Elliot and ET |
The Cake ! And if you can see beside the cake are little real Rubics Cubes with the LC logo printed on them. They were "take home" gifts.
It was an amazing night to honor and love on some amazing Activist. Who vigorously advocate for the Cross.
~LL
