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Journey asks Peter Harvey – What does church look like in your neck of the woods?

in Opinion 07/10/2010 749 Views


Church in the Flinders Patrol doesn’t look much like the traditional congregational model that we have become so tied to.

Church happens whenever and wherever people gather as a community.

Be it a Royal Flying Doctor Service’s (RFDS) clinic at a remote homestead, a gathering of kids and their families at a School of Distance Education outreach camp on an isolated bush race track, or simply a family gathered around their meal table with the mustering team after bringing in a mob of cattle.

Church is wherever and whenever people are able to reflect on life, who they are and where they’re going, and how they’re doing.

God is there and as Patrol Minister I’m privileged to be able to share the hope of God’s love in Jesus Christ by being part of their community.

For the people out here it’s not about a liturgy or being somewhere special; rather it’s about relationship and simply being real.

Peter Harvey is the Frontier Services Flinders Patrol Minister and is based in Hughenden, north-west Queensland.

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