small towns have the same size souls

Brownsville, VT was a major destination "back in the day" when Ascutney Ski Resort was up and running. The mountain closed and in 2010, the owners sold off  the remaining equipment.

All that is left of it are scars on the mountain and memories of great turns. Thankfully, the town purchased the land and has plans to put back a small lift for the town residents. This, is beautiful but I don't want to talk about the resort,  I want to talk about the souls that live there.

There are still some great shops left there, but Brownsville was, and always be, a small rural town. My friend pastors the church across the street from the mountain. It is small, like the town itself yet both (the town and the church) are of bo little importance to God.

It will never be a mega-church, but the souls that attend are of equal value to God as those who worship in the Great Cathedrals.

This does not mean that a small church is bad, or that a large church is good, or vice-versa. It simply means that the world is full of small towns and large cities and both are full of souls of equal value to God.

God is in the large church and in the small church
in the same measure,
in the same power,
and for the same purpose.

The pastor of this church is a friend of mine and his dedication to the souls in the area and to the God who loves them humbles me.

He works as a music teacher in a local christian school while he pastors the Brownsville Community School and another small gathering of Anglicans. He raises chickens, cows, and pigs to help feed his family and bring in extra income. He taps 150 sugar maples for syrup, reconditions wood stoves, and whatever else comes his way to help support his family.

The local game warden knows his freezer is full when a family in town is hungry,  and the emergency workers know his face when he shows up for pastoral care.

He will never toot his own horn, except pulling out of his driveway at times.
He is by no means a perfect saint, just ask his wife who is as equally amazing, or his three young children who help out with all of the above.

But all those who know this family will be quick to tell you why they work so hard where they are;
Jesus Christ died for the souls in the city and the farmer and the tourist who looks at the leaves.

Small towns are full of souls that matter. Small churches care for them. Small town pastors shepard them sacrificially.



"And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
                                                     Jonah 4:11