shinewriter

Chapters 3 and 4 talk a lot about the jobs of the various Levite families. It appears that there are three clans involved. They are :-
Kohath
Gershon
Merari

The Kohath family served in the meeting tent assisting the priests. Their other job was to do with the transportation of the altar, and everything that was associated with it.

The Gershon family had the responsibility of carting the cloth covering of the meeting tent.

The Merari were to carry the tent frame. It had steel and wooden parts.

Some years ago my wife an I were a part of a church planting team. We assisted a friend establish a church in a small country town called Temuka. It can be found on a map between Ashburton and Timaru. In those days I worked the sound desk.

We had a four piece band. At the beginning, one of the fold back speakers were the PA system at front of house. There were three microphones on stands and a keyboard, plus electric and acoustic guitars. At the end of the evening service it was time to pack up.

The mixer would drop down the side of a large, black wooden box on wheels. It was roughly 3 feet wide, 3 feet deep and 6 feet long. The box that is. The mike stands would fold up and lie down flat. On top of these miles of cables would sit with the snakes head on top.

A snakes head is a large box joined to a very thick cable that goes from the band to the mixer. All the instruments, mikes, keyboard plug into the box, the snakes head.

Often on Sunday nights we would push this box on wheels outside to a waiting trailer. Four strong men would pick it up and place it upon the trailer. I don’t know what their family names were but I do know that God blessed them.

I have heard in other churches that different families often took pieces of equipment home with them then brought them back the following Sunday. The interesting thing about all this, is nothing has really changed.

People are still needed to help out in the church. Whether your group rents a building or whether it is owned outright by the fellowship. There is always something to do and people are always needed to fill these gaps. If you are not on a helping roster, this could be the time to help out. And God pays wonderful wages.

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