This week at The Table
Hello Tablers. Lots on the go at The Table these days, so be sure to read this one right down to the end, just so you don’t miss anything that might be relevant to you.
I got a call from a “country neighbor” this past week. They will be doing some travelling in the coming months, and he was wondering if I would pick up their mail. No problem…love to help! These folks are awesome neighbors!
Around the same time, I noticed an issue of Mcleans with the headline “Stop Ignoring Your Neighbors – How our increasingly closed-off lives are poisoning our politics and endangering our health”.
In Luke 10, a cagey lawyer looking for some wiggle room tries to get Jesus to define who his “neighbor” really is, just in case there is a loophole in the “love your neighbor as yourself” command. In reply, Jesus tells the story of the Good Samaritan (yet another parable I think is mis-named, an opinion I will expand upon on Sunday).
If that isn’t an irresistible confluence of ideas, I don’t know what is! So, off into the land of the Good Samaritan we shall go…
In other matters, a few reminders about upcoming items of interest:
Your Team Is Calling…Thanks to those that have already responded to our need for a few new team members this fall. In particular, the Media Team (the gang that takes care of all the things that go up on the screen) still needs some more folks to help out. If you are interested, talk to Jane Penner or reply to this email.
Kid’s Table – The next Kid’s Table gathering will be led by Amy on September 28th.
Hang at the Plett Ranch – We (the Plett family) would like to invite you to come and hang at the “Plett Ranch” on Sunday, September 28th. We’re thinking arrival starting at 3:30, pot luck meal around 6:00. Come and hang out inside or outside, around a fire in the evening if weather permits. Enjoy some ping pong, fooz ball, or pool, or slackline, climbing wall, and badminton. Sit on the deck and relax and just enjoy lots of good people to talk to. Our kids are excited to get a Capture the Flag came going with anyone who would like to play (: