Thursday, March 10, 2011

Poverty

This Lent in our parish we are concentrating on 2 major Biblical themes - and being very practical about it

The first is an imperative to re-engage those on the periphery of our parish and inviting everyone to re-discover the joy of coming to church. We are doing this by looking various aspects of joy

. Belonging, family ... We look forward to welcoming visiting preachers coming and challenging us

The second is something which we are doing as part of a whole diocese initative ... of engaging with poverty here in our neighbourhood ... in our city. BoldI suppose I would like to ask the question of anyone reading this blog
  • How can the church, especially in leafy sub-urban city areas engage with poverty which is usually hidden?
  • How can we support social services who know where there is much need?
  • What sort of poverty do you experience?
We are called to help the poor ... but practically how? would love to hear readers views ... please do email me, leave a comment on blog or facebook!

Regards

RF

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