Foot Washing

We had an interesting church service yesterday. Kevin has been doing a sermon series on Life-Giving Churches and this past week the sermon was on koinonia. He used Jesus' example of washing the disciples' feet as an example of how we are to do this. He wasn't proposing that we always wash each other's feet but rather that we do acts of service and pray for each other in humility. So he had several footwashing stations around the auditorium and allowed for people to wash each other's feet after the sermon. He did a good job of not making it seem weird and was more like an anointing than a washing. He exhorted us to pray for the other person while anointing their feet with water. It was pretty powerful to watch and more people participated than I expected. And it wasn't just husband/wife pairs participating. He challenged people to anoint those whom we wanted to honor, bless or ask forgiveness.