Tangible Kingdom (Week 7 Day 5) "Party"
July 29th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
Today’s reading forces us to reflect on community itself. I love the simplicity of our challenge to just throw a party. So much goes into that simple act. Where should it be held so that it’s most conducive to meet the needs of whoever is coming (and their kids)? What should we do? What should we NOT do? What should we eat? What should everyone bring? Most importantly, who should be invited, and why?
What a great opportunity to get to know people in a nonthreatening environment.
At ANC, we decided to just throw what we called our “Restore Community Open House”. (There were other factors involved with why we did this, but it ended up working out great and lined up well with our study). So we met in four strategic locations based on currently existing Restore Communities (Villages or Community Groups). The result? We had more people involved that day than had attended a regular worship service on any given Sunday this summer…. and…. we had nearly 50 first time visitors.
While I would imagine we wouldn’t have that type of “buy in” if we did it every week, there’s still just something right about what happened.
