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Right of admission reserved?

Right of admission reserved?. A morning reflection on the inclusiveness of your Church. Rev Dr Dion Forster (EMMU). Equipping all Methodists for the Ministry of Healing and Transformation. You can tell a lot about people by looking at their shoes….

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Right of admission reserved?

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  1. Right of admission reserved? A morning reflection on the inclusiveness of your Church. Rev Dr Dion Forster (EMMU) Equipping all Methodists for the Ministry of Healing and Transformation

  2. You can tell a lot about people by looking at their shoes…. Are they bold, are they sensible, are they radical, are they conservative, are they young, are they old, are they rich, are they poor, are they men, or women?

  3. Shoes don’t lie… What kind of shoes are in your Church? Young, old, men, women, rich, poor, a lot or a few? Which shoes are missing?

  4. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION All that came to be was alive with his life, And that life was the of people. The light shines on in the dark, And the darkness has never overcome it. (John 1:4-5)

  5. Let us celebration the generous love of God for us in Jesus We are alive with his life God always moves toward us We are alive with his life Let us confess our struggle to let God love God’s love is generous

  6. We feel that our guilt is too dark God’s love is generous We think that God cannot embrace those we disagree with God’s love is generous Our prejudices keep us from seeing the life of God in all people God’s love is generous

  7. Let us affirm the deepest truth that nothing can ever separate us from the love of God God’s light shines on God participates in all of the moving dramas of human life God’s light shines on The light of God’s love shines on in he dark And no darkness will ever overcome it The light shines on

  8. THE LORD’S PRAYER IN XHOSA BAWO wethu osezulwini! Ma liphathwe ngobungcwele igama lakho. Ubukumkani bakho ma bufike. Intando yakho ma yenziwe emhlabeni, Nje ngokuba isenziwa ezulwini. Ma usiphe namhla nje isonka sethu semihla ngemihla. Usixolele izoono zethu, Nje ngokuba nathi sixolela aabo basonayo thina. Ungasingenisi ekuhendweni; Sisindise enkohlakalweni; Ngokuba ubukumkani bubobakho, Namandla engawakho, Nobungcwalisa bubobakho, Kude kube ngunaphakade. Amen.

  9. Ejector Pew

  10. Reflection On the seventh day

  11. Reflection If the hat fits

  12. Reflection Jesus is waiting on the rooftop (Acts 10-9-20).

  13. Reflection Seen and heard

  14. Church bouncers

  15. Questions for personal reflection Group discussion Prayer Communion

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