New + Old
One of the things us church folk fear most in ‘times like these’, of accelerating change, is losing what we hold most dear, losing our sense of identity and tradition; afraid that the baby will get thrown out with the bath water. Well here we are, gathered together in a way most of never imagined – for drive-in style Holy Eucharist! But isn’t it exciting too! for our parish which identifies as ‘pop-up’ church, a people not held together by ‘bricks and mortar’. Gathered as church, the ekklesia, defined as assembly of the faith community – this is about as close to the picnic-style Eucharist whereby Jesus fed the 5,000 (or 4,000), but who’s counting!