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13 July 2016

Blah, blah, balh



Blah, blah, blah,
Just come to church

Oh we’ve put up many signs in the past few years. Some have been funny (at least to me), some have been thought provoking, some have had a lot of responses, some have had none at all.

This week - well, pretty self explanatory. Enough talking - come and listen to what we have to say.

Everyone is welcome. 

Now I know that every church says that but when you go you find that everyone doesn't mean you or people like you. Lots of churches have hidden agendas about who is welcome  and who isn't (some of them aren’t too hidden either). Some will question your sexuality, others will wonder about your bank balance, skin colour, racial background, do you have a place to live? These and other things are all ways that you can be excluded from various churches.

One of the tenants we at the Melbourne Welsh Church feel is at the heart of the Gospel is the idea that “all means all.”

We cannot decide who we let into the church of God - it is not our call - it’s God’s call; it’s his church after all. We are custodians and, if we understand the Gospel, it is very clear that all means all. The church is open to everyone - not just the ones we want to welcome in but everyone; absolutely everyone.

We will not get on with them all; we will not like them all; we should love them all. 

So blah, blah, blah, just come to church - everyone is welcome; after all - ALL MEANS ALL! and that includes YOU and ME.


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