THE KINDNESS ISSUE SPECIAL FEATURE
Faith in Kindness by LYNDA BIRD
“Be kind,” we are told by Dr. Bonny Henry. What does it mean to be kind? According to Canadian Oxford Dictionary, kind means: showing friendliness, affection or consideration. During these last nineteen months of dealing with COVID-19, we have had opportunities to show kindness, but many of us are struggling to continue to make that effort day after day. I believe people are inherently kind. Most of us do many kind things for our children, our friends, our parents and for society at large on a daily basis. I have often been the recipient of kindness when I am waiting in line at the grocery store with one or two items and someone ahead of me with a full shopping cart notices that I have very few items and offers to let me go through the check out before them. I have passed this kindness on to others in similar situations. At Knox United Church, our mission statement is, “Open to the Spirit, love and justice, united in our diversity we live our faith serving each other and the wider community.” Over many years, we, as a congregation, have been kind to each other in the running of our church. Many of our congregants have shown their kindness in giving their time, talents and money to help our church be a viable entity within Fernie. We have served on many church committees; raised needed funds; worked at teas and church suppers; arranged for professionals and helped to keep our Knox church building a usable space; we have welcomed people from Fernie and area as well as visitors to our various services, concerts, weddings, funerals, Celebrations
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