Hey Andrew,

Since this last post some in our community have taken some steps to “infiltrating” and creating a “public presence”. A couple of us got togther for coffee with a leader who is very present in the area of the city we feel called to. By the end of it we had contact info for getting involved in homeless shelters in the area and a music gig at a coffee shop in the heart of the district, “Timonthy’s World Coffee”. I think by finding out what’s already happening in the area and harmonizing is important as opposed to going in and treating it like a “project”.

What Terry has found (the leader we met with) is that just being there makes a difference in the spiritual environment, especially when there is a way to share artistically or worshipfully.

Thanks again for the several working points on “public presence” and we hope to have lots of fun trying, failing, celebrating etc.

peace

Paul