The Church Beyond Friendship

An address by the Minister, Rev. Rob MacPherson - recorded on Sunday, 24th March, 2019 at The Unitarian Meeting House in Adelaide. Rob asks why people join, attend or affiliate themselves with an intentional community like a church. An intentional community is no longer something given to you e.g. by being born into it - but something its members are seeking - a connectedness to others which is transcends friendship, family and workplace. You have to want it and work to maintain it. Rob explores the benefits but also the dangers, pitfalls and challenges of belonging to a church community. If we are to build a spiritually enriching, supportive and vibrant Church community we need to build and maintain bonds of connectedness that transcend friendship into something like comradeship - the essence of which is - God! The service concludes with a communal musical offering in which "tribal" musical instruments are distributed by Neil and we all celebrate our belonging - our comradeship and our connectedness in a memorable musical finale to wonderful morning of worship.