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 Most of the officers under him were copping heaps because of the misplaced public perception of “corrupt cops”, but of course, pretty much all of them were really hard working people doing a great job. The morale of the team was very low and it was affecting the way they carried out their work.

As I saw this article I wondered how our church could be the answer.

Do you think thoughts like that? You see a need in the community, and wonder how your church can be part of the answer and bring Kingdom influence into the issue?

So here is what we did. We asked all our church people to bring a small gift to church for our local police officers. The next Sunday we filled a very big box with things like movie tickets, CD’s, kids toys, cakes, biscuits, chocolates, perfume, cosmetics, plus a whole lot more.  We invited two police officers from the local police station (it’s just across the road from our church) to come to our Sunday morning meeting. They arrived at 11.30am. We had about 6 people stand up and publicly thank the officers for the sacrificial way they serve in the community to make it a safer place for us all. We prayed for them and they responded with thanks and took the goodies home. No response followed, but I thought to write to Superintendent O’Laughlin and express our support as a church and how we believed that he and his officers were doing a great job in the community.

Superintendent O’Laughlin immediately phoned and came over to see me. He was moved deeply by the expression of support we had given and even went to the Victorian Police Commissioner and showed her (Christine Nixon) the letter. Straight away he asked how could the churches and the police work more constructively together to benefit the community?

The end result is that there is now a task force of about 14 local church pastors and all the top police officers in our region meeting monthly to work on building a better community. There is a real opportunity welcomed by the police to minister to the police force in general and to individuals in the force who experience trauma through prayer and chaplaincy offered by the churches.

Also Chris and I have been asked to be the Chaplains for the region under Superintendent O’Laughlin’s area. A door has opened to allow us into the lives of significant people to bring healing and salvation, to be a kingdom influence in our region. 

We pray that everyone in our church can open a door into their own harvest field and bring kingdom answers and values into that field. We are saved, healed and blessed not just to enjoy a great life, but to be totally equipped to serve the Living God. What is His agenda? We are now totally at His disposal. Can you see your life making an impact for God? Is there a place where you can have influence as a believer living as salt and light in the world? In our church John is on the local State School parents council, Chris and Marita are running an in-school club ministering to kids affected by dysfunctional family life, Mardi is planning a ministry into the High school, two more joined toastmasters and are improving public speaking skills while they exert Kingdom Influence, and list is growing.

Craig Anderson

www.pvcoc.org.au

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