If after the virus, you were offered one of the vacant shops free of charge, how would you use it?

The purpose of the gathering was to sing in Arabic, English and Hebrew and, in the process, to celebrate living together in peace.

The air waves today have been full of shock, disbelief, sadness and grief at the sudden and unexpected death last night (24 September 2020) of Aussie cricketer, Dean Jones, while on commentary duties in Mumbai, India.

In our circles, we talk a lot about community and building community. Sometimes we get confused about whether people are talking about the church community, the community where we live or the local community that is our suburb.

Question: Sometimes in church discussions when lots of words are used to talk about our ‘vision’, ‘values’ and ‘mission’, someone asks the salient question:

“In a nutshell, what as a church are you on about?”

Answer: Boiled down to the basics, here is an answer:

“Being there for others.”