Left to right: Dom, Liam, and Daniel prepare to serve their community
Pete Rhodes-Robinson writes:
“As part of the effort to engage with our local community, we schedule three days a year to go into the community and practically help individuals, families, and community organisations.
"We do this during our normal Sunday morning church time slot and meet in the evening to share stories, have dinner, worship, and pray together. Jobs generally come from the contacts of individual church members, and we have also reached out to local schools.
"On Sunday 21 May, around 50 of us helped at eight separate locations across the local suburbs. Jobs included baking/making meals for neighbours, lawn-mowing, gardening, water-blasting, cleaning, washing windows, packing up a deceased's estate, and unsuccessfully trying to find a misplaced passport! Others also helped with childcare at church to enable more people to get involved.
"We had a lot of fun, particularly with young and old people working together. It was encouraging to learn about the different connections our people have in the local community and help support and build these relationships together as a church. Everyone we helped was very appreciative.
"We have two more Serving Sundays scheduled for the 20th of August and the 19th of November (helping a local school with their annual fun run fundraiser).”
