I’m hoping to get a new picture up on the blog maybe this week. But you know something they tell me its going to snow tonight. So maybe `I should wait another week. Its good to begin to hear feedback about the Lenten Groups that started up and also that others are finding the texting service encouraging. I’ve been thinking we need to make church a welcoming and engaging experience. So I’m thinking about offering coffee and doughnuts to the congregation as they come in on a Sunday and making iit available all through the service. You want a coffee you get up and pour one out. I know it happens in other cultures . I wonder what our people in St As would make of it?

I’m convinced that we all need to enjoy our lives more as Christians. Discipleship is not just about struggling with the struggle. Surely its also about enjoying the company of the people God brings into our lives. Its often as we journey together struggling together that our lives are sharpened and honed by each other’s trials and disappointments. I’m kind of turning lent on its head this year encouraging everyone in the congregation to get involved with a little bit of hospitality. I’m looking forward to Sunday evening this week. We’re going to base out evening service around food hospitality good stories and friendship. I’m also going to use Michele Guinesss’s book entitled “The Heavenly Party” I think there has been a lot of sad things happened to friends in the congregations and its worth making church a place of celebration and joy. So if your up for recovering a fun filled life changing experience be at church this Sunday evening. Better still if you want to bring a dish of food you’ll be welcomed and even hugged.