75 Minutes To Change The World

Church ought to be about transformation - so why not think about changing the world? That's the theme we took for last Sunday's Cafe Church (4/5/08) at The Cotteridge Church - the 75 minutes is the duration of Cafe Church. As it was nearly Christian Aid week, that provided a lot of our inspiration. Christian Aid offers a particular aspect, but a vital one, of being church. We began by thinking about 'Superheroes'. We were invited to create our own superhero, and then to imagine how that superhero might make a difference in things that really matter. We followed that by a number of games in smaller groups. First, we played a Christian Aid game, 'Trees and Chimneys' which had us thinking about the environmental impact of things we do. Then, we worked with the 'rubbish' that a few had brought in, doing a bit of junk modelling. After that we played the 'Circle Game'. Each small group represented a particular country, though we didn't know which until afterwards. With varying resources we had to produce shapes out of paper which represented money. It was all good fun, but we also learned a lot about a very practical aspect of being church. We finished the evening with a brief Christian Aid video on climate change.