Monday Morning Church

I heard something interesting this morning on a christian radio station.  I caught the bare end of the conversation, but it was mentioning how churches need to come together in these hard economic times in order to help those in despair and out of work.  They mentioned it needed to be a group effort between churches.  

It just came upon my heart to write about this.  I don't know if I will take any additional steps, but I am going to put my thoughts down now.  This makes so much sense that I can't believe we are not doing this already.  Why not start a permanent Monday morning church for those out of work.  There are so many possibilities that could come out of this idea.  In itself, it could become a place of employment for those in need.  There can be ongoing prayer sessions followed by brainstorming sessions.  There can be business starting workshops and actual funds to invest in the best ideas.  When God's people come together to do God's work, amazing things can happen.  What better place for the ministers (all christians should be called to minister) of the city to come together than on one day of the week to do God's work for those truly in need and seeking to take care of themselves and their families.  I believe this is something that all the churches can come together to do regardless of denomination, race, and interpretations of the Word.  So many things could happen on this day to help God's people and those that are in search of God's love.  Lets show it to them.  I am going to list a couple of ideas and then will sleep:

-Money handling counseling and accountability sessions
-exercise sessions, possibly charging those not in need (bootcamp) and going to those in need (stimulate the mind and bring people out of depression, not to mention improving health and weight)
-Business starting workshop
-Job brainstorming sessions
-Prayer sessions
-Motivational speakers of the Word of God
-temporary work
-church projects
-teaching to live on less (cooking, selling non essentials)
-job training
-reach out to large corporations to become involved
-community meals sold to the community and prepared by those in need.  In the process, the profit and left over food will be shared among those in need each day.
-teaching on faith through hard times
-counseling
-childcare (cheaper childcare for those in need, that can bring in money to those out of work)
-voluntary help with transportation
-groups of people to help those in need (roof repair, yard work, home repairs, auto repairs, etc...)
mentorship programs
-online social network started (those that were helped in the past can help others in the future, ideas are shared with everyone on how to improve their situation) 
-voluntary medical assistance
-on the job training opportunities (internships)

The possibilities are endless.  I don't know if anything comes out of this, but I at least wanted to get these thoughts down.  I will take it to God in prayer and dwell on it more.  May God's plan be worked out according to His will and may I be obedient to that.