SHARING MY SPACE

Last summer we let go of so much that was 'ours'.....primarily our own space - our own area of living - the home that we had made 'ours'. And we have adjusted, massively helped along in the knowledge and confidence that this is where God has us. So little of what we have use of these days is actually ours and yet we are surviving wonderfully well - we've just let go of the trappings of life (well some of them!).

The view from our bedroom is something that is 'ours', for now anyhow. And yet this morning as I looked out over the grass and trees, once again made fresher and greener by even more rain during the night, I realised I was sharing my view with an intruder......

......now that is one canny spider!!

NEIGHBOURHOOD DAY

Our church has in the past really not reached out to people - we've sort of sat back and expected them to come into our meetings ... and that has not happened.....as the saying goes we have been 'preaching to the converted'. Yesterday however was different and will hopefully be the start of a new move in reaching the local people - meeting them where they are. Instead of our annual Sunday School trip for the children it was decided to hold a 'neighbourhood day' in the field beside the church/hall and invite the nrighbourhood - adults and children. It was a huge success - local people came and willingly took part in all that was happening - games for the children and adults, t-shirt painting, crafts for the ladies, barbecue and tea/coffee and ice creams for all - and a puppet / theatre show with clear gospel messages. A great day, enjoyed by all - and I'm sure the outsiders could see that the folks who meet in that little hall week after week are quite normal after all. It was a day when, instead of expecting the community to come to us, we reached out to them, we became a part of the community and I trust the Lord will bless us and continue to speak to hearts long after this day.