Serving Sundays helps church’s neighbours

More than 40 members of Onslow Community Churchassisted people at eight separate locationsacross thenorthern and western suburbs (Churton Park to Wadestown) on 21 May.

Jobs included baking/making meals for neighbours, lawn mowing, gardening, water-blasting, cleaning, washing windows, packing-up a deceased estate andunsuccessfullytrying to find a misplaced passport.

Others also helped with childcare at church to enable more people to get involved.

“Serving Sundays” is an initiative designed to help the church engage with the local community.

“We schedule three Sundays a year to go into the community and practically help individuals/families/community organisations and groups,” the church’s community pastor Pete Rhodes-Robinson says.

“We do this during our normal Sunday morning church time slot, and meet in the evening to share experiences, have dinner and pray for our community.

“Jobs generally come from the contacts of individual church members, and we have also reached out to local schools with some success.

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“We had a lot of fun, with young and old working together! Itwas encouraging to learn of the different connections our people have in the local community and help support and build these relationships together as church.

“Those we helped were very appreciative,”

Pete says.

The church has two more Serving Sundays scheduled forthis year, on 20 August and on 19 November. The November one will see the church helping Khandallah School with its annual Kaukau Challenge fundraiser.