2018 12 30 A Stable Place

2018 12 30 A Stable Place
Toronto United Mennonite Church
Colossians 3:12-17 – “As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience…”
1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26 – Samuel grows up in the Temple
Luke 2:41-52 – Jesus as a child in the Temple

Six and a half years ago, when I was still relatively new to Canada, and to this church, I was working with Christian Peacemaker Teams. If you don’t know much about CPT, it is what we euphemistically call a ‘lean’ organization – like a lot of the church world, we get a lot of work done without spending much money. I learned that there was to be a Mennonite Church Eastern Canada gathering in Leamington, and as I was interested in spending more time with the Mennonites, and had never been to Leamington, I thought it would be a good idea to attend, to staff a table for CPT and especially to talk to people about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

I went about organizing this in typical CPT, ‘lean’ style.