Food, Neighbors and Common Mission

At our annual “Covenanting Retreat” down in Mexico a couple months ago, we committed to a variety of initiatives that would extend our influence as Kingdom representatives in our neighborhood, city and across the border in Mexico. One such initiative was to be more intentional in building rich relationships with the families and local churches in greater Golden Hill.

We recently hosted a neighborhood meal in the local park where we invited anyone we had met in the neighborhood; whether on the streets, at the park or in a local business. Ordering up some tamales from a nearby vendor, we were able to feast upon good food and conversation.

Another aspect of this initiative is to seek out ways to expand our influence and support of local church leadership. So often the leadership of our local churches find themselves leading endless worship services, but rarely have the opportunity to simply be a participant within a worship service. Because NieuCommunities’ ties cross denominational lines and because we meet in our homes, it gives us a unique opportunity to be a neutral support and advocate to the local Church. After our neighborhood meal, we hosted a worship service consisting of prayer, music and liturgy. The leadership from multiple local churches was represented and it was a beautiful picture of the Church moving forward as one unit on a common mission.