Neighborhood Church in Atlanta, Georgia held “Soul Care Share,” a potluck sharing and prayer.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Sept. 21, the church said the event was for everyone who wanted to eat with a relaxed group of people and engage in non-threatening, silent conversation and prayer, according to the church.
The church said they were scheduled to meet again the following Wednesday, September 28, at 6:30 p.m.
Children were welcome to partake in the feast, however, no childcare is offered, the church said.
Neighborhood Church said the attendees can bring food to share with everyone.
Interested participants may visit Neighborhood Church’s Facebook post for additional information.
Church’s Mission
According to the Neighborhood Church's website, its mission is to spread the inclusive, varied, and unrestrictive love of Christ.
The church said residents in Atlantan from all over the city frequent it for a variety of purposes, including worship, community building, justice work, the arts, learning and development, community collaboration, awkward conversations, seminars and meetings, celebrations, neighborhood events, and more.
It went on to say that they were a congregation of United Methodists in Atlanta's Candler Park district.
The church's website described Neighborhood Church as a fellowship of conscientious Christian neighbors forging ties for community and justice.
Neighborhood Church also expressed its support for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights and opposition to racism.
The church seeks to heal relationships with both God and its neighbors through its activities.
The world and itself are neighbors who watch out for one another on a big scale, according to Neighborhood Church.
Friends, families, activists, spiritual seekers, emotional baggage carriers, leaders, outcasts, locals, and immigrants make up the community, the church said. The church said they live in a welcoming neighborhood.
Readers who are interested should visit Neighborhood Church's website for further information.
Grow Groups
According to the Neighborhood Church's website, the GROW deeper groups emphasize deepening a specific spiritual practice, one's understanding of themselves, or other topics while still incorporating many of the same activities as a regular group, such as conversation, relationship-building, and time spent together.
The church claimed the emphasis of this group will be on cultivating wholesome spiritual practices as well as fresh knowledge and perspectives for approaching the Bible and the Christian faith from a "unfundamentalist" perspective.
Although the church made it clear that this was not primarily a therapy group, they will nonetheless provide a setting for discussion, story-telling, education, and resource-sharing to aid in the processing and healing of trauma resulting from prior religious experiences.
To assist individuals to understand how faith and justice are related and how they could live out a justice-seeking faith, the group will present a hybrid action or reflection approach, according to the church.
The church stated that there are a few details about this group that everyone should be aware of. Attendees were urged to bring a dish to offer because the church announced that SoulCare Share would start with a potluck lunch.
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