https://ubcentral.org/2006/07/26/is-your-church-an-island/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-your-church-an-island News From The United Brethren in Christ Church Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://ubcentral.org/2006/07/26/is-your-church-an-island/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:24:53 +0000 http://ubcentral.org/?p=423#comment-115 Tom,
Our church attempted a version of this kind of cooperation with area local churches in a limited fashion through a neighborhood VBS. It was a positive experience for the five churches connected with the event. The actual event didn’t attract as many kids as we had hoped, but the churches involved enjoyed doing a task like this together.
As an initial event, it was good, but in order for something like this to continue year after year, or to carry over to other kinds of events, the actual events will have to be more successful. All of that to say, it didn’t take much persuasion for the local churches to agree to work together. It may be that other local churches are just waiting to be asked to join in a joint-project.
Maybe starting off with safe events like VBS can eventually lead to more daring projects in the future. Our group initially consisted of a Wesleyean church, Church of Christ, Presbyterian USA, and Mennonite (and UB, of course).
Tim

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