OK, so the blog title was just trying to get your attention.
But, in truth, there are some really interesting moments where "worlds collide" when you have a church that meets in a school.
Last night was a great example.
There were a dozen or so of us who gathered at Barkstall last night simply to serve the school. They asked for our help and it was really an honor to be able to meet that need. Towards the end of our work, we all circled up and we prayed together. We prayed for the families of the teachers who died last year. We prayed for the safety and nurture of the children at Barkstall. We prayed for encouragement and hope and joy for current teachers. And we prayed that our partnership and our presence, as a church that meets IN barkstall, would point towards the love and care of Jesus.
The work we were doing was mostly gardening. We were helping clean out the inner courtyard at Barkstall which will be reworked as a memorial to those teachers (both of whom were members of our church). I had a very strong sense that, through our prayers and our labor, this memorial garden will be a place where the Spirit of God will speak peace and nurture and care to the students at Barkstall.
Worlds colliding.
God actively working in all kinds of place.
Can you give the names of the two members/teachers who died?
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