This afternoon we had our Christmas ‘event’at St Marks.
The story of Christmas, Roly Bain, the ‘Holy Fool’, a nativity of sorts – but that, in my humble opinion was not the most important part of what we did today.

The event was followed by games and food and ended with the singing of carols around the keyboard. As this was happening I looked around the church ‘family’. This was a mix of people; some who would call themselves Christian, others who were interested, others who were there for the children, others who had come for the food.

People were comfortable to sing, to chat, to play games, to observe. Everybody felt ok to be there. People seem to want something that they feel they can belong to – I’m sure Finney has spoken about that in the past.

Our church family is not about believing all the same things, it’s about realising we are all on a journey together in trying to understand who this Jesus is and what it means if I choose to follow him. As we travel together people’s ideas will change as we learn and discover together.

Exciting stuff!