Community is the heart of mission
God seems to be opening doors for us on the development as we continue to get involved in the community. It is looking likely that I (Bart Woodhouse) will be funded by Kent County Council to work 1.5 days a week as a community development worker, essentially continuing much of the work we are already doing! This is a real affirmation to us and will enable us to further the work we feel is so important on this new site, helping it become a strong and vibrant community. It also affirms our position in the new community as a church, and helps us communicate that the Christian life is not just sermons and worship songs, but more about changing lives and communities for the better, which is what Jesus’ life and teaching is all about! Of course we hope people will become intrigued and look further into the message and life of Jesus, but our aim is to live out the kingdom in the community and see what God does. Or put another way, we don’t want to have an agenda as we work in the community, we just want to support the community and demonstrate God’s love – a lived out witness – and watch the Spirit at work as he does the rest… with the Y Course running in the background!
