Rev. Peter Overton | Saltbush Scattered Community Minister, Far North Coast Region Spring is a season of renewal, a time of seeing new life in flora and fauna and for us to see our aging python snake emerging from slumber and hopefully enjoying a feast of bandicoots that have been ravaging the garden and lawn. Like the same magpies that swoops the mailperson each spring, and their babies who follow me as I mow the lawn. There is a sense of energy around our community this time of the year. A renewing of life, and perhaps even the birth of new opportunities. So, have you ever thought of renewing the Church around a meal? In 2009, Saint Lydia’s, a Lutheran church in Brooklyn, New York garnered national attention when it began holding a weekly service over dinner. Longing to dispel feelings of isolation often reported among young New Yorkers, founder Emily Scott decided to model her service around the early church practice of having a meal together as Eucharist. This has now become a movement called “Dinner Church” While every church has its own feel, the concept is the same: connect with others in a language spoken by all—food. the services aim to feel like a dinner party, fostering conversation among men, women, and children who might otherwise never meet.
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