Care

Jesus tells us in Mark 12:30-31 to love our neighbour as ourselves. While Jesus had a very broad definition of who are neighbour is (parable of the Samaritan) it seems in the UK that we are not so good at being a loving neighbour to those immediately living on our street.

House of Light in part, is seeking to ‘bring a sense of community’ back to our streets.

We provide weekly suggestions that may relate to events going on nationally – in our newsletter.

The Every day stuff

Be a good neighbour, don’t park in a way that annoys your neighbour, help if you can your neighbour with the bins if they are elderly, ill or disabled. Simply saying hello and being friendly, taking the post in for a neighbour, are all easy stuff we should all be doing.

Hospitality

Aimed at raising money for Macmillan nurses. Not only is this a familiar event, but also helps raise money to support almost 3.5 million people living with cancer. Again the website has all you need to run a successful event, but there are plenty on and sometimes its just best to attend one already organised. It is a great place to meet new neighbours. These usually take place in September

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Invite your neighbour to a party in your home or church. These have ranged from minced pies and mulled wine (we appreciate some of our members do not drink alcohol, which includes Rebekah Brettle, founder), to tea and cakes, to cold meat sandwiches such as lamb, beef, etc… to a full Christmas spread. Again, some have paired this with a charitable activity at Christmas and these events are often more successful at getting neighbours to come to your home than a simple invite.

Invite your neighbour to the BIG LUNCH or attend one. The Big Lunch is a national event that takes place every year, the first weekend in June. It can be a afternoon tea, a barbeque or a full street level party. This is not a Christian event, though many Christians do run them and attend them. It is an ideal place for meeting your neighbours and getting to know them better. Often churches run them as well.

To set up a BIG LUNCH visit www.edenprojectcommunities.com where you can order a free planning pack. They are the experts at this and other than suggesting you start planning fairly early and do face to face invites, we will leave the advice to this organisation.

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