Rainham Mennonite Church has been worshipping for more than two centuries. (Rainham Mennonite Church file photo)
For more than a century, the women of Rainham Mennonite Church—a tiny congregation just off of Highway 3 near the north shore of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario—have continued a sewing circle, one that is now augmented by women from the community. The group still quilts regularly during the fall and winter.
'It’s the place where I can be formed and reoriented to what’s really important.' (Photo courtesy of Pixabay)
Times are a-changin’. They always are, and one of our challenges and joys is to figure out how we should live in a changing cultural and social context as followers of Jesus.
In our post-Christendom Canadian context, we are seeing an increase of people who are checking the box of “none” when asked about religious affiliation. In Canada, there’s hardly any social benefit of being a nominal Christian, and so instead, we drop the labels and commitment altogether.
Why do you go to church? One of the main reasons is that there is something there that feeds your soul. If there was nothing nourishing there, you would find other things to do with your time.
