Our congregation loves to talk. Some years ago some very insightful leader established the practice of snacks in the foyer after church every Sunday. Kids loved it. They wriggled through and around the legs of the grown-ups to refill their plates, maybe their pockets, with cookies, crackers, sometimes even grapes and strawberries.
Those legs of those grown-ups were parts of pairs or triads or even fours and fives of folks in deep conversation. Oh they were probably also balancing a compostible plate of cheese or chips, but mostly they were focusing on some deep theological point, or considering that hot political issue, or celebrating the latest accomplishment of a talented grandchild. We've got bunches of them! We loved it when one or more of those kids joined a conversation circle. And they did!
When the pandemic put us all into face masks and cautioned us to avoid breathing each others' air we lost so much. Our journey took a new direction as numbers declined. We were forced to get serious about just how we would ensure a viable future for our congregation. Hard decisions sent us into a new future. Some of us have been calling that future a “nomadic” one. (More about that in future posts.)
But today, I'm introducing a new Foyer. You may need to go get yourself a cookie or a handful of chips to read this. In any case, at the end of the offical news and announcements, down here at the bottom, you'll find the conversation that we love so much. One thing that didn't change when we became Community of Christ: we'll always be “Chatter-day saints.”
I hope you'll enjoy these notes about what we're up to or proposed projects, what we've been learning, news (gossip) about our super-achieving grandchildren, Whatever we used to chat about in the Foyer. I'll meet you here next week. You'll always be welcome to join in
