Christ Files night

The Christ Files evening on Thursday was a blast! Well I'm a historian by trade so I found the presentation by Dr John Dickson a fascinating tour through the historical reliability of the earliest documents about Jesus. (I also thought one of the MC's was a spunk, but I'm biased). We had yummy chocolates and coffee, and it was a great opportunity to discuss the issues that John had raised about what sources we can trust and how we can know who Jesus was and what he did.

Yesterday we set the World Views survey near the fountain at the Summer Hill shops. We had a lot of people stop by and take part, and as the afternoon went on some high school students came along too. As in Ashfield, we had great conversations about what people believe about the world we live in, and also about Jesus and what Christians believe. To protect their privacy I won't go into detail about all the conversations we had. Yesterday they were several Nihilists who we spoke to. A Nihilist essentially believes that any meaning we give to life or people or to the idea of a god is meaningless. It's a difficult way to live, as it can be very depressing to believe that there is no point searching for truth/meaning/god etc as there is none to be found. The message and genuine hope of Jesus is in stark contrast to this position, and our team members had the opportunity to share this.

Last night we had fun at the family pizza and movie night. We set up a big screen on the grass behind the church building. The main movie was Valiant, and we also watched a silly short film starring the puppet Alfred. I'll try and get it put up on the blog.

The Blokes BBQ Brekkie was brilliant this morning (or so I'm told, I was still sleeping!) Matt Lemsing from our team gave a short talk called 'Jesus did a trade', and afterwards the guys stuck around for a working bee in the grounds. The most fun part of the working bee was being able to go all the way up in the huge spire in the church building!

Right now we're doing the final preparation for the special Open Church service tomorrow morning, 9:30am. Make sure you come along, there will be a talk called 'Who Does Jesus Think He Is?' at church, Kids Church for your children while the service is on, and a free lunch and jumping castle afterwards!

Just remember to change your clocks for daylight saving before you go to bed!

Cheers
Anna - Open Week Blogger