Developing relationships now before a crisis hits, may be a wise thing to do. In times of emergency those in your neighborhood can be your best friends or worst enemies. Take turns teaching a skill to each other.
Learn from the expertise of your group in developing various skills like canning, seed harvesting, knitting, candle making etc. Consider the idea of planting forest farms or community gardens. Determine edible wildlife in your area that could be useful in emergency situations. It doesn’t matter if two or more people choose the same one, compare notes which helps to validate your research.
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An example of how to do this might be to have each one in the group choose one tree or plant in their yard, or close by their home, research it and share it with the others at a meeting. How well do you know the trees and plants growing in your yard or near your home? Form a study group and research the unique attributes and practical uses of the plants in your neighborhood. We can learn and be inspired from their stories. There are many classic books that are stories, whether fictional or true, of the lives of those with faith in God. Choose a book to read, then come together to discuss it, either at certain points throughout the book or at the end of the book. Resources.īegin your own library of classic literature and form a neighborhood book club. When finished you will all have a written story of your life and testimony that can be passed on to your children or future generations.
Resources.Įveryone needs to tell their story! Invite your neighbors to come together over snacks or a meal and take turns discussing a portion of your autobiography that you write between meetings. Form a neighborhood scrapbook group so you each create a photo book that tells your family history. We still need them because it’s too easy to lose photos that are stored electronically. People are getting away from printed photos. Print some photos! So much of the photo history of our lives are computerized now. You could do the research yourself, create a short printed summary and pass it out to your neighbors with an invitation to do further research together, or invite them to a Christian-based study of the constitution, U.S. Find interesting facts about their lives if you can. Do some research to find out who were the prior owners of the property of your neighborhood. Keep in mind these could be groups for kids or adults. It's a great precursor to starting a group and a way to get some ideas from the Lord.Ĭonsider one of these following formats for developing relationships with those in your neighborhood.
By simply walking through your neighborhood, praying for your neighbors, you'll find you also learn a lot about your neighborhood-who lives around you, what projects they might have going on, etc. You might want to start with a prayer walk through your neighborhood. There are ways you can help connect the people in your neighborhood who are of various Christian beliefs by focusing on your common beliefs rather than your areas of differences. With today's Christians being a mixture of those who attend a wide range of denominations, or non-denominational, churches, along with those who don’t attend church at all, how do we unite while still allowing for some diversity in the body of Christ? We won't find unity through trying to make everyone be like us, but by accepting and loving our brothers and sisters in Christ, allowing for differences, yet not compromising our core belief in Jesus Christ.