05 June 2009

soundings: sunday coming


This week we are celebrating Pentecost (a week late!) with worship at 10am and morning tea at 11am, that will link with a children & families celebration event that our children & family worker and children's leader have organised.
I’m doing some thinking about how the Spirit works in relation to two stories from early in John’s Gospel – Jesus & Nicodemus, and Jesus & the Samaritan woman at the well. There are a number of interesting conclusions to be drawn along the theme of ‘generous welcome’ that are pivotal in our life together as a serving church. Eugene Peterson's excellent chapter Clearing the Playing Field in his book Christ Plays In Ten Thousand Places has proved to be a great resource.

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