Why do we gather?
How are we evolved as Christian people who gather together?
Who are we hoping to become through our gathering?
- all gatherings, including those of Jesus, involve people in a particular vision of society, while also immersing all the people gathered in a vision of what relations among people should and can be
- Jesus table ministry (all those stories of him eating with folks) was a strategy for rebuilding human communities on holy principles of healing, welcoming, and challenging the unjust structures.
- In the Eucharist we gather up all our memories of tables - food, fun, tears, laughter, satisfaction, mellowness and silliness - and they become our own bodies. Gathered round the table we are looking at what we have become.
- In gatherings around tables we are invited to practice a life of lavish abundance and extravagant service where all may find real food, real rest, real company.
- Welcoming the Stranger
- Recovering Vision
- Connecting to Neighbor
- Serving Needs
- Healing Brokenness
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