“So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God”
- Paul the Apostle
~"Community Sunday"~
by Duncan Cary Palmer
In light of the present darkness, I believe we would do well to plan a “Community Sunday.”
A Local Christian Community (source)
What's a "Community Sunday?"
Since early 2020, the actions of political states worldwide—purportedly in response to the “pandemic” crisis—have utterly disrupted everyone’s lives. Now nearing the end of 2021, these tyrants show no signs of ceasing their deadly and devastating meddling.
The purpose of Community Sunday is for us as participants in a local Christian congregation to start networking; to share information with one another about our skills, resources, and willingness to help each other in practical ways. This is becoming increasingly important as the “Powers That Shouldn’t Be” continue their wicked ways.
The scriptures speak of us—the church, the assembly of God’s people—as “fellow city-dwellers” with the saints, and “of God’s Household.”
Notice the adjective οἰκεῖοι, (transliterated to English, “oikeioi,”) is built on the Greek root from which we derive the English word “economics.”
We need to live up to that implied meaning by exercising our "economic muscle" as a community.
For far too long,
we've allowed the beast that is the state to plunder and oppress us. This is largely our own fault, as we've remained in "holy huddles," focused solely on "spiritual things" while we continue to give most of our business to outsiders.
We need discover—within our own congregation first, and then within like-minded congregations in our cities—“who does what,” and “who has what,” whether services or goods. We need to preferentially buy, sell, barter, and exchange with one another.
In other words, we need to trade with one another, hire one another, collaborate with one another, and work with one another in every way we can possibly imagine. This makes all the more sense as outsiders in thrall to the beast are explicitly saying to us, "You can't come in here without a mask," and "You can't work for us unless you're vaccinated."
Who among us has a farm?
Can we please buy your vegetables? Who's a lawyer? Can we engage you to protect us? Hey, Brother Tech Geek; can I exchange my accounting skills for your computer programming service? And so on, and so forth...
Cooperating in this way is an appropriate response to the threat(s) that many of us are presently facing—some more severe than others—because we have chosen not to accept invasive medical interventions (i.e. experimental inoculations). These threats are being foisted upon us from the (supposedly) highest levels. Truth be told, we know they are coming at us from the lowest possible levels, the very depths of hell itself.
"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."
- Ephesians 6:12
While these struggles of ours may or may not be related to rejecting the “mark of the beast” spoken of in the apocalypse—with concomitant restrictions on buying and selling—for all intents and purposes, it would be prudent for us to gear up now to support one another in the coming days.
A Sunday at the Community Faire (source)
So, let's plan a "Community Sunday."
Pick a Sunday soon and have a pot-luck after church. Hang out with one another. Ask questions. What do you do for a living? How can I support you in your career? What do you have for sale?
Why not make a day of it?
You can set up tables like a faire, a farmers' market, or a swap meet - show your wares, bring photos, samples, examples. If you run a company, arrange to have an open house for your friends from church.
Plan and start a church garden. Grow vegetables to feed your families and maybe even some flowers to cheer your hearts.
Help teach one another's children; organize and support home schooling groups designed to guard young minds from the cancerous rot of state propaganda.
How about an enterprise incubator? Surely among your members there are ideas floating around, thoughts about ways to do things better, more efficiently. Product concepts that will help improve our lives.
In general, get the ball rolling on practical projects that support one another. Out of the synergy of a "Community Sunday," benefits will undoubtedly overflow to bless the city all around you.
"But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare."
- Jeremiah 29:7
Leverage Internet Tools
Take advantage of those in your assembly with computer skills.
Before, during, and after Community Sunday, encourage the members of your congregation to enter and list their skills and resources in a network-accessible database. A directory of church members and what each has to offer could become the first go-to source for individual needs.
Grease the wheels of trade with new, low or no cost tools (such as can be found on this simple website) for creating and managing a community currency. A church committee could even be formed to oversee the issuance of private funds that can be exchanged within the congregation. Ideally, such a currency could be backed by something of long-standing and growing value (such as Bitcoin).
The need? Urgent. The opportunity? Great.
Why not gather for a "Community Sunday" at your church soon?
Let us hear about it in the comments below.
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