Manley is surely smiling today
Everyone I’ve ever talked to who knew Scott Manley (pictured at right) has always had good things to say about him.
Not just good things, great things. They fairly gushed about Manley, who was a longtime Oklahoma ministry leader and founder of Cornerstone Assistance Network.
He was very passionate about ministry and thus he nurtured ShareFest OKC accordingly.
Manley passed away in January but ShareFest, area churches’ one-day community service blitz, continues on today.
He’s surely smiling as he sees thousands of church volunteers fan out into the metro area to perform service projects in the surrounding community (See www.ShareFestOKC.org).
I don’t think it’s a stretch of imagination for me to say that. I only have to think about Manley’s comments during previous interviews to know that he was proud of churches participating in the annual community service effort. He said it was a way for churches to show the love of Jesus in many, many ways.
Here’s what he said:
Manley speaking of ShareFest in 2008: “You have to show the ‘good news’ before you preach the ‘good news. If people can see Jesus, if they can see the love demonstrated, then they can better understand when you start talking about it.”
In 2007: ”The Gospel has two components — word and deed. The mandate is on the church to touch the people who are on Christ’s heart, which I think would be the widows, the orphans and poor and afflicted.”
In 2005: It’s a way, I think, of highlighting what the churches in the area are doing, so it’s like everyone getting their lights together to shine in the darkness.”
I doubt anyone could have said it any better than that.
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
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