Lego Church: Help with displays

During a recent display I was asked about where else I will be taking the Project for this season. So far other than a holiday bazaar and the Christmas Display at Christ the Good Shepherd Parish, I don't have anything else lined up. I have most of Oct and a few weekends in Nov where I have time but no places to go.

It is extremely hard for me to establish contacts for displays in my area. I can't really call up a parish and see if they would like to host and telling them that they would have to provide transport. Having locations seek me out makes sure that the places I'm going really want me there.

This is where you, the Project Fans, come in. If you know of a location that might be a good display site. Parish or even a single parish event and they would be willing to give me and the Project a ride. Have them contact me.

But also please keep me in Prayer as well. This has been an amazing season and we still have time left before the Christmas Display. Which is the last display of the season.

Below are two links for more information. The first one is about displays and what I can do and what I would need help with. Season one is for other ways to support the project. From donations to sharing the FB page and such.

Thanks to everyone who comes out to the displays and follows me on Social Media.

Displays!

What can you do to help?

-JM

9-13 Reflection

This was posted as a reflection tonight on FB. A reaction to something I saw on twitter.

The Catholic church has been taking a beating lately. More so than even in 2002 when the first scandal broke. It is hard and heart breaking to see the news that keeps coming. I am of the honest opinion that the storm will get worse before it can get better. Faith in leadership is shaken. People want accountability from those leaders. It is hard to want to evangelize about the faith when it seems that the news keeps getting worse and worse. However in order for healing to take place the infection must be purged out. A process that can at times be very painful. But a process that needs to happen. We cannot grow as Catholics with out it.

We who are the laity must do what we can to hold firm to the faith. Above all else that faith is in Jesus Christ. It is though the Eucharist that gives us life as Christ told to us in the Gospel of John. It will not be an easy road a head. More questions exist than their are answers. The answers we have gotten trouble us deeply. Leaders that we count on to guide is as shepherds have in many ways failed us. However despite the crisis at hand. Life moves on. The work of the Church goes on. For all the bad things. Way more good is going on. It is up to us to make sure that those good things are highlighted. That we can help and encourage one another.

I consider myself a "Catholic Evangelist". I share the Catholic faith via the Lego Church Project. I raise awareness for those of us who face disabilities. But The Project is also a prayer for those who need one. To pray for those who have been shaken in their faith. A prayer for healing. A prayer for justice. A prayer for compassion and mercy. Things that we need now more than ever. We will ride out the storm like we always do. We will be stronger for it. The reason why I remain Catholic is very simple: John 6: 68-69: Simon Peter answered him, "Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God."

-Till Next Time