Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Thoughts for the day

HOW TO BUILD COMMUNITY

Turn off your TV
Leave your house
Know your neighbours
Invite someone to church
Greet People
Look up when you’re walking
Sit on your step
Plant flowers
Use the library
Play together
Buy from local merchants
Share what you have
Help a lost dog
Take children to the park
Honour elders
Support neighbourhood schools
Fix it even if you didn’t break it
Have Potlucks
Garden together
Pick up litter
Read stories aloud
Talk to the mail Carrier
Listen to the birds
Put up a swing
Help carry something heavy
Barter for your goods
Start a tradition
Ask a question
Hire Young people for odd jobs
Organize a block party
Bake extra and share
Ask for help when you need it
Open your shades
Sing together
Share your skills
Take back the night
Turn up the music
Turn down the music
Listen before you react to anger
Mediate a conflict
Seek to understand
Learn from new and uncomfortable angles
Know that no one is silent though
Many are not heard
Work to change this


Here's a pic of the new sign recently put up on the outside of our church.

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