For The Last 3 years or so about that long. The City of Fresno came to the local Churches to each get a park to take care of and clean because the city has no money to clean them. So my church that I attend got one. We clean it up and play games, help with home work, and share the love of Jesus with them. And we always invite the community when it is around all the holidays.
Originally posted by RBHILL Churches and Cities working together?
For The Last 3 years or so about that long. The City of Fresno came to the local Churches to each get a park to take care of and clean because the city has no money to clean them. So my church that I attend got one. We clean it up and play games, help with home work, and share the love of Jesus with them. And we always invite the community when it is around all the holidays.
What are your thoughts?
Those who are religious, i.e. those who attend a religious service about every week, are much more likely to give their time and money to those in need according to a University of Stanford study.
Originally posted by RBHILL Churches and Cities working together?
For The Last 3 years or so about that long. The City of Fresno came to the local Churches to each get a park to take care of and clean because the city has no money to clean them. So my church that I attend got one. We clean it up and play games, help with home work, and share the love of Jesus with them. And we always invite the community when it is around all the holidays.
What are your thoughts?
Not a bad idea. I doubt this will work for every park, but I'd wager it would work for many of them. Community involvment is a good idea.
Originally posted by bill718 Not a bad idea. I doubt this will work for every park, but I'd wager it would work for many of them. Community involvment is a good idea.
But I thought that religion is the source of all our ills. Are you suggesting otherwise Bill?
Originally posted by bill718 Not a bad idea. I doubt this will work for every park, but I'd wager it would work for many of them. Community involvment is a good idea.
If the church is seen to perform actions of social utility this is likely to make its doctrines overall appear more credible to many people. So whether the (in themselves admirable) actions of the Fresno church are desirable overall may depend on how you feel about Christianity playing a greater role in politics.
In many Muslim-majority countries, the growth in fundamentalist sentiment has in part been a response to the viciousness of the state or its inability to fulfill its expected functions.
Originally posted by RBHILL Churches and Cities working together?
For The Last 3 years or so about that long. The City of Fresno came to the local Churches to each get a park to take care of and clean because the city has no money to clean them. So my church that I attend got one. We clean it up and play games, help with home work, and share the love of Jesus with them. And we always invite the community when it is around all the holidays.
What are your thoughts?
My thoughts are, you improved your community. Congratulations, and thank you on behalf of the people who live in that neighborhood. You did noble work.
Your church has set a fine example for your community.
Originally posted by RBHILL Churches and Cities working together?
For The Last 3 years or so about that long. The City of Fresno came to the local Churches to each get a park to take care of and clean because the city has no money to clean them. So my church that I attend got one. We clean it up and play games, help with home work, and share the love of Jesus with them. And we always invite the community when it is around all the holidays.
That objection is of course inhumane. Maybe the same Westerners should think about sending aid to the same Muslim societies in order to provide an alternative source of those services through secular channels.
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