The unwelcome mat.<\/b><\/p>\n
Ice breaker : What jobs make you unwelcome at parties? Have you experienced suddenly feeling \u2018unwelcome\u2019. <\/span>Would you use a \u2018welcome\/go away\u2019 mat ? <\/span>When have you felt welcomed ? <\/span><\/p>\n Pick out a role : Zaacheaus (the hated, corrupt one), The crowd, Jesus<\/p>\n Read Luke 16:1-9 – imagine what it\u2019s like to be the welcomed, the unwelcomed, or the unwelcoming? <\/span>At the end ask people what it felt like ?<\/p>\n When are we welcoming ? When are we unwelcoming ? What are our hidden standards ?<\/p>\n Luke 4:18-19 can be translated as <\/span>\u201cThe Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me<\/p>\n to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners<\/p>\n and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord\u2019s welcome.<\/p>\n <\/span>How is that different the to the year of the Lord\u2019s favour ? Is the good news of Jesus \u201cYou are welcome ?\u201d.<\/p>\n In the 2nd story the people of Jerusalem put on a welcome for Jesus. Who doesn\u2019t welcome Jesus ? Why ? <\/span><\/p>\n This welcome appears to have a series of catches. Who do they think they are welcoming ?What is it that eventually makes Jesus unwelcome <\/span>do you think ?<\/p>\n (if Luke 19:7 a clue ? What about the temple money changers ?<\/p>\n It\u2019s easy to welcome someone, until that means you have to make changes.<\/p>\n What changes have you made since welcoming Jesus ? Are there more changes you feel called to ?<\/p>\n This chain of hospitality and welcome continues. One writer says :\u201d The ministry of Jesus can be captured in the phrase \u201cDivine Hospitality to the stranger and sinner\u201d.\u201d,-What do you reckon ?<\/p>\n What does that look like to us?<\/p>\n Who among your friends neighbours,workmates are you offering hospitality to ? That includes going out for a coffee with. Who could you do this with this week ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The unwelcome mat. Ice breaker : What jobs make you unwelcome at parties? Have you experienced suddenly feeling \u2018unwelcome\u2019. Would you use a \u2018welcome\/go away\u2019 mat ? When have you felt welcomed ? Pick out a role : Zaacheaus (the hated, corrupt one), The crowd, Jesus Read Luke 16:1-9 – imagine what it\u2019s like to be the welcomed, the unwelcomed, or the unwelcoming? At the end ask people what it felt like ? When are we welcoming ? When are we unwelcoming ? What are our hidden standards ? Luke 4:18-19 can be translated as \u201cThe Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2026,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions\/2026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parklands.org.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}