Comments on: A Tale Of Two Church Guests: Bridging the Gap http://www.missional.ca/2009/08/a-tale-of-two-church-guests-bridging-the-gap/ The Cost of Community Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jamie http://www.missional.ca/2009/08/a-tale-of-two-church-guests-bridging-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 Jamie Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:11:33 +0000 http://www.missional.ca/?p=540#comment-1313 Thanks Michel, It can be a real challenge to "move in" and still resist gentrification. Worth the challenge though. I'll check them out. Peace, Jamie Thanks Michel,

It can be a real challenge to “move in” and still resist gentrification. Worth the challenge though. I’ll check them out.

Peace,
Jamie

]]> By: Michel http://www.missional.ca/2009/08/a-tale-of-two-church-guests-bridging-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Michel Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:08:56 +0000 http://www.missional.ca/?p=540#comment-1312 Great story, Jamie. And I really appreciate how you handled the crisis, and your challenging about bridging the gap. Not an easy task. What you guys are doing in downtown Winnipge makes me think of a new ministry called MoveIn, that started in Toronto and is now present in Ottawa. Christians moving into difficult neighborhoods, on purpose, to bless and to be salt and light. Incarnational, missional, life (they don't like to talk of what they do as "ministry" - this is all part of their day-to-day life). Great story, Jamie. And I really appreciate how you handled the crisis, and your challenging about bridging the gap. Not an easy task. What you guys are doing in downtown Winnipge makes me think of a new ministry called MoveIn, that started in Toronto and is now present in Ottawa. Christians moving into difficult neighborhoods, on purpose, to bless and to be salt and light. Incarnational, missional, life (they don’t like to talk of what they do as “ministry” – this is all part of their day-to-day life).

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]]> By: Jamie Arpin-Ricci http://www.missional.ca/2009/08/a-tale-of-two-church-guests-bridging-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 Jamie Arpin-Ricci Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:12:06 +0000 http://www.missional.ca/?p=540#comment-1306 You are always welcome, Liam! We aren't a very polished group, but we are really becoming community. I am blessed to be a part of it. Peace, Jamie You are always welcome, Liam! We aren’t a very polished group, but we are really becoming community. I am blessed to be a part of it.

Peace,
Jamie

]]> By: Liam Byrnes http://www.missional.ca/2009/08/a-tale-of-two-church-guests-bridging-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 Liam Byrnes Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:02:06 +0000 http://www.missional.ca/?p=540#comment-1305 Jamie, What an amazing story, I felt challenged as I read it to be glad to have the presence of the lost to the extent they could have any of my possessions, just for their presence. I hope one day I might get to visit with Little FLowers, it would be an honour. Jamie, What an amazing story, I felt challenged as I read it to be glad to have the presence of the lost to the extent they could have any of my possessions, just for their presence. I hope one day I might get to visit with Little FLowers, it would be an honour.

]]> By: Jamie Arpin-Ricci http://www.missional.ca/2009/08/a-tale-of-two-church-guests-bridging-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-1291 Jamie Arpin-Ricci Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:45:10 +0000 http://www.missional.ca/?p=540#comment-1291 Hey Christ, Great illustration from the Gospels! Thanks. Peace, Jamie Hey Christ,

Great illustration from the Gospels! Thanks.

Peace,
Jamie

]]> By: Jamie Arpin-Ricci http://www.missional.ca/2009/08/a-tale-of-two-church-guests-bridging-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-1290 Jamie Arpin-Ricci Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:44:26 +0000 http://www.missional.ca/?p=540#comment-1290 Hey Ian, It is a learning process, one which we don't always "pass" so well. I hope that it won't leave a last and negative impact on our guests. Thanks! Peace, Jamie Hey Ian,

It is a learning process, one which we don’t always “pass” so well. I hope that it won’t leave a last and negative impact on our guests. Thanks!

Peace,
Jamie

]]> By: Chris http://www.missional.ca/2009/08/a-tale-of-two-church-guests-bridging-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-1287 Chris Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:14:42 +0000 http://www.missional.ca/?p=540#comment-1287 This kind of thing has been so hard for me. I remember being swindled out of $20 on a highway on Chicago. It still kinda makes me angry. This may have been why Jesus let the demons go into the pigs and they in turn went off a cliff...it revealed the heart of the community. In the end, that village who was well familiar with the demoniac cared more about their property than a man being free. The recently freed man was one of the only people Jesus told not to follow him..."Go home and tell about the good things God has done for you." He would be an everyday testimony to the villagers, free people are more important than pigs. And he is still a testimony to us, if Jesus is going to do his work in our communities, things are going to get messy, lost, or destroyed but chains will be broken and people will be free. Thanks Jamie, great post. This kind of thing has been so hard for me. I remember being swindled out of $20 on a highway on Chicago. It still kinda makes me angry.

This may have been why Jesus let the demons go into the pigs and they in turn went off a cliff…it revealed the heart of the community. In the end, that village who was well familiar with the demoniac cared more about their property than a man being free. The recently freed man was one of the only people Jesus told not to follow him…”Go home and tell about the good things God has done for you.” He would be an everyday testimony to the villagers, free people are more important than pigs. And he is still a testimony to us, if Jesus is going to do his work in our communities, things are going to get messy, lost, or destroyed but chains will be broken and people will be free.

Thanks Jamie, great post.

]]> By: Ian http://www.missional.ca/2009/08/a-tale-of-two-church-guests-bridging-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 Ian Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:52:55 +0000 http://www.missional.ca/?p=540#comment-1286 this whole story really speaks to me Jamie. i love the pic and your reaction to what must have been a traumatic incident for someone. i come from a not so affluent history but i wasnt poor either, not the sort of poor that i see everyday in our communities right around us. i was volunteering at St Mathew's Community Ministries not so long ago when it was discovered that a wallet was missing. in the end it turned out to be a prank but i was thoroughly impressed by the grace that the offended party showed to the prankster, i'm not sure that i could've been so graceful. your story here shows that you have a true heart for the poor and that is what the church is supposed to be, good news to the poor. blessings on your journey. this whole story really speaks to me Jamie. i love the pic and your reaction to what must have been a traumatic incident for someone. i come from a not so affluent history but i wasnt poor either, not the sort of poor that i see everyday in our communities right around us.
i was volunteering at St Mathew’s Community Ministries not so long ago when it was discovered that a wallet was missing. in the end it turned out to be a prank but i was thoroughly impressed by the grace that the offended party showed to the prankster, i’m not sure that i could’ve been so graceful. your story here shows that you have a true heart for the poor and that is what the church is supposed to be, good news to the poor.
blessings on your journey.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.missional.ca/2009/08/a-tale-of-two-church-guests-bridging-the-gap/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Jamie Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:14:24 +0000 http://www.missional.ca/?p=540#comment-1274 Hey Leighton, The unfortunate part of it was that we are all so used to not having valuables around, no one thought to mention it to the guest. A learning moment for us all! An interesting thing was that only minutes before we had been singing a worship in which we quoted the Scripture, "The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord". Easier to sing it than live it, eh? Peace, Jamie Hey Leighton,

The unfortunate part of it was that we are all so used to not having valuables around, no one thought to mention it to the guest. A learning moment for us all!

An interesting thing was that only minutes before we had been singing a worship in which we quoted the Scripture, “The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord”. Easier to sing it than live it, eh?

Peace,
Jamie

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