What does it mean to be a part of the church?

For some reason humans have this odd desire to want to be in the "in" crowd. I mean i dont about you guys but if i see police lights around the corner, im walking down the street to see what happened. We all have this need or feeling of wanting to belong somewhere,a nd for some thats a church and for others its elsewhere and thats cool. But being a pzrt of the church means radically changing the world around you. Paul, the one who wrote 2 Corinthians, refers to us as "ministers of reconciliation," now doesnt that just roll right off your tongue. But what that means is WE are called to live out gods will and show the people of this 21st century what jesus is like and we do that through the way we live adn how we treat each other. I know this sounds backwards, but as Christians, we are supposed to seek what is wrong in the world and be gods hands and feet to it. If everyone was perfect there would be no reason for forgiveness right? As christians we arent suppose to just go with the flow and drift but to notice thigns that arent ok, and to sacrifice our lives to make them better.In todays economy and world structure, its not hard to find things that arent ok....i can walk out my back door adn tell you 10 things that arent ok right now. You know what my biggest fear is? Letting people down, and not living up to the person that i could be because i know i could do better or become a part of something bigger, greater, and stronger. I dont want to look back and think man i didnt make a difference in someones life or man i wish i could have been a part of that.I dont want to see anybody regret those decisions either, thats why we have a choice right in front of us to take the poath of god and let him show us where he wants us to work in the world. Everything I said in this note is a church....church isnt a place where we just show up every sunday....church is the congregation who leaves sunday and makes a difference in their own community.