Neighbours' Meal

On February 1st, the Wolfville Area InterChurch Council (WAICC) hosted a ‘Neighbours’ Meal’ to nurture and celebrate Christian unity in our community.  At this time of year, WAICC has often held a worship service to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, but a meal together gave us opportunity to put our prayers into action as we gathered, cooked, laughed, and ate together. 
 
The meal was hosted at L’Arche Homefires, where a hall and kitchen provided the perfect setting for labour & love together.  Around every table, folks from all the WAICC member communities, as well as folks with no church connection at all, used conversation starters provided by the L’Arche community to get to know each other better.
 
During the meal, several WAICC members offered reflections on how the simple actions of a meal mirror the whole of Christian life.  For example, setting the table for an ordinary meal reminds us of how we prepare both the sanctuary and our hearts to encounter Christ in a eucharistic meal.  Or cleaning up from a meal reminds us of the disciples ‘gathering up the fragments’ after the feeding of the 5,000, encouraging us to notice how much abundance God pours into our lives every day.
 
The food was generously provided by WAICC, so all could come, be nourished, and go out filled with joy!
 
The WAICC member communities are St. Francis Assisi Roman Catholic Church, St. John’s Anglican Church, Wolfville Baptist Church, Port Williams Baptist Church, The Society of Friends (Quakers), Orchard Valley United Church, and L’Arche Homefires.

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