Downtown Mission Team Adventures
Adventure #1
On April 21, twenty-seven St. Paul's "adventurers" engaged in Downtown Adventure #1. We arrived at Aziza's on Main in a beautiful spring rain and left under the smile of our April moon.
You will recall that our mission is to grow in relationship with one another and experience our new Downtown residential community. See the Mission Action Plan.
On Downtown Adventure #1-
We recounted St. Paul's journey to this exciting time-the tremendous growth of our Downtown residential neighborhood, parishioners' growing eagerness to meet these new neighbors, and Wallace's infectious, joyful ministry to all he meets.
Wallace then invited the group to reflect on the Gospel story of two dejected disciples who encountered the spirit of Jesus in a stranger on the road to Emmaus and rediscovered their own purpose in life. He asked us to recall how strangers have affirmed us on our life journeys.
And, finally, Buford Scott invited us to Downtown Adventure #2--to visit with the developers of the new Downtown apartments and condos, to affirm them and their residents on their journeys, and then, in a month's time, to share another meal and our experiences.
Friends, you inspire me. Usually cautious, I am ready to join you on Downtown Adventure #2.
I am wondering--is "evangelism" really sharing the life, laughter and love that I experience with you and God? Is "the kingdom of God" like a wedding in Cana? Where have I been all these years?
Thank you, friends, for walking the road to Emmaus with me--and then, "Surprise", celebrating a wedding feast.
Blessings,
Don Cowles
St Paul’s Episcopal Church
815 E. Grace Street
Richmond Virginia 23219
Phone: 804.643.3589
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