The Art of Neighboring: Lesson #2

Overview

Moving from Fear to Love of Neighbor

Jesus binds together the two greatest commandments: love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself Matthew 22:36-39. Taking that second command seriously means focusing not on a vague "everyone," but on the actual people God has placed next door. Last week we considered how time keeps us from neighboring; this week the obstacle is fear—or, more honestly, timidity. Our culture trains us to distrust strangers, to be outraged at differences, and to view the people around us through a jaded lens until they prove otherwise. We make assumptions based on cooking smells, yard signs, religion, an always-closed garage door, or a Halloween display, and we write people off before we know them.

Scripture cuts straight through that conditioning. "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear… we love because he first loved us" 1 John 4:18-19. Christ reconciled us to God while we were still his enemies, and he now equips us by his Spirit for the very works he prepared in advance for us to walk in Ephesians 2:10. "God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline" 2 Timothy 1:7. Setting fear aside is not the same as setting aside discernment—wisdom and caution still matter—but it does mean refusing to let insecurity, awkwardness, or assumptions keep us from the neighbor God has put in front of us. Historically, this is how the Church has grown: in plagues and crises, Christians stayed and cared for those around them when others fled.

A simple framework helps move us forward: stranger → acquaintance → relationship. The first step is learning names. Honesty works wonders ("I know you've told me before, but I'm terrible with names—would you tell me again?"). Write those names on a block map and post it where you'll see it daily, both as a memory aid and as a tangible reminder of the people God has placed around you. Some have even turned a block map into a neighborhood directory, gathering and sharing contact information so neighbors can reach one another—an especially valuable tool in seasons when people need help with groceries, errands, or simply a phone call. From there, create opportunities for relationship rather than trying to force them: move family life from the backyard to the front yard, take walks, host or co-host a block party, walk a neighbor's dog, offer practical help.

When Levi was called by Jesus, he threw a banquet and filled it with tax collectors and sinners, and Jesus used that table to declare, "I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance" Luke 5:27-32. Hospitality and shared meals are powerful precisely because they are not a "bait and switch." Neighboring is never a manipulation tactic with a hidden agenda—people can sense insincerity instantly. As members of the priesthood of all believers, we have every right and authority to speak of Christ, and we should not shrink back; but we trust the Lord to open doors for those conversations in his time. Our task is to be present, authentic, and available. Getting through the initial awkwardness is usually the hardest part—and once that is past, the Spirit has remarkable room to work for the good of our neighbors and the glory of God's kingdom.

Transcript

Good morning. 4s

It is so good to be here, gathered with you yet another Sunday. 5s

We hope that you're enjoying these adult education classes. 10s

We're hoping that you're able to put into practice some of this neighboring that we're learning 14s

about and practicing today. 20s

We're going to continue in this study. 23s

And I do want to say that the main source of the material that I'm using is found in a book 26s

called The Art of Naboring by Jay Pathik and Dave Runyon. 32s

If you have interest in reading the full text, you are welcome to it. 37s

It can be found at most bookstores or online right now. 43s

Anyway, let us pray. 47s

Heavenly Father, we thank you for allowing us to gather once again to hear your word and 49s

receive the promise of love and life that you have for us. 55s

Guide us through your spirit during this class that we may have our hearts and our minds 59s

opened to where you would lead us in bringing your word to those around us. 64s

Help us to seek opportunity to serve our neighbors, impacting this world not for our 70s

own benefit, but for the growth and glory of the Kingdom of God. 75s

This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 79s

So a little review from last week. 85s

We started out by considering the question, who is our neighbor? 87s

And we turned to Scripture. 91s

We turned to the Gospels. 92s

We're going to look at Matthew right now in review, Matthew 22 verses 36 through 39, where 95s

someone asked Jesus, teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest. 102s

And Jesus said to him, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with 107s

all your soul and with all your mind. 112s

This is the greatest and first commandment. 115s

And a second is like it, you shall love your neighbor as your self. 118s

So who is my neighbor? 123s

Last week and throughout this class, we consider how we're to love our neighbor, not in that 125s

broad sense of everyone's our neighbor, but really honing in and focusing in our immediate 132s

neighbors, our literal neighbors in our neighborhood. 140s

And we started to fill out our block map. 145s

Just a reminder, if you have any questions or thoughts, please email me. 148s

This is a total tangent. 153s

Sorry. 154s

Malenac at lwlc.com. 155s

Also, if you want to share any of your stories of how you are connecting with neighbors at 158s

this time or when we're not social distancing, I would love to hear how you, as a called 164s

people of Christ, are able to connect with people and put your faith in action in that way. 171s

So going to our block map, that was this little map that we used, that we were filling out. 179s

We were starting to fill it out and we're going to keep using this today and next week. 186s

So keep this handy if you don't mind. 192s

We talked about time. 196s

That time is such a constraint for many of us in our opportunities to be neighborly or 198s

to build relationships with our neighbors. 205s

There were three lies that we tell ourselves about time. 209s

The first lie was that things will settle down one day. 212s

The second lie was that more will be enough. 217s

And finally, the third lie is that everybody lives like this. 221s

Everybody lives in the hustle and bustle, the zipping here and there. 226s

No one has time for other people. 231s

And this is just how we do life, but that's not true. 234s

So then we talked about how we need to set priorities that we can use this time specifically 238s

of social distancing and quarantine or that shelter in place that's been put in action. 244s

That we can really use this as a benefit to our lives, that we can sit back and re-evaluate 254s

how we're prioritizing things in our lives. 263s

And how can we bring neighboring or build those relationships with our neighbors? 267s

How can we bring that into our lives and make that one of our priorities? 273s

Again, I want to stress, what's our first priority? 278s

Always God. 280s

Our relationship with God is always our first priority then family. 281s

Then we can prioritize and see how neighbors can fit in. 287s

So how can neighboring be a part of our lives right now? 292s

Remember that the Christian church grew in times of plague and trial and chaos 296s

because it was the Christian people who remained in their homes. 304s

They remained in their towns caring for their neighbors. 309s

So the pagan leaders would leave. 314s

The physicians would leave and it was the Christians who were left and who stayed to care for 316s

those around them. 323s

The whole profession of nursing came out of the plagues and caring for the neighbor. 324s

Today, we are going to continue fleshing out this whole idea of the art of neighboring. 333s

So we talked about how time can be an issue when we are trying to figure out how to be a neighbor. 341s

And we don't think we have enough time for other people. 348s

We don't have enough time to build relationships. 351s

Another deterrent in reaching out to neighbors and building relationships with them can be fear. 355s

We're scared. 365s

We're timid. 366s

We're not really up for this or we don't think we are. 367s

It sounds really weird to say that we fear our neighbor but it's a legitimate issue. 371s

In our world, think about this. 378s

In our world, we are taught to distrust everyone. 381s

No one can be trusted. 387s

I get notices on that next door app about a porch theft or someone's car was stolen 389s

or there are dogs in the neighborhood who are not leashes. 396s

I mean, a host of things that are wrong with our neighbors, you can see it. 400s

Or on social media, Facebook or Twitter or whatever social media outlets there are. 405s

You can see all these reasons why we should not trust our neighbor, 414s

why we should not reach out to them. 421s

And we're also in a culture that really encourages us to be enraged by the injustice of everything. 425s

We are encouraged to be angry and find outrage over the most minute issues and details. 436s

It's amazing. 446s

So we become really honestly rather jaded and we look at the world through this lens of 447s

you are not to be trusted and you are my enemy until you prove otherwise. 455s

So we have this sort of jaded lens that we are seeing our neighbors through. 462s

Think about your own neighborhood. 469s

Who do you steer clear of based only on the assumptions that you have made in your mind? 471s

Think about that. 480s

What would cause you to pause in connecting or attempting to meet the neighbors that are around you? 481s

And I thought of a few things like maybe there are weird cooking smells. 489s

They have weird food that they're eating over there. 493s

They're just too different from me. 496s

So I'm not going to reach out because that would be weird. 497s

What about they let their dog into other people's yards? 501s

I confess I have a neighbor that does that. 505s

And I have been hesitant to have pleasantries because it irritates me that my neighbor is letting 509s

his or her dog go into other people's yards knowingly and not doing anything about it. 518s

What about if they have a political sign in their yard and you don't agree with their politics? 524s

And you just can't see yourself engaging ever with them because of their political beliefs. 529s

What if they practice a different religion from you? 536s

And you know this and you just don't want to bring yourself to reach out to that person because 540s

you would have no values in common. 546s

Or what if this neighbor gets home and immediately their garage door is closed so they probably 549s

don't want to meet you anyway is what we assume. 556s

Or maybe they just don't have a very friendly or welcoming face. 560s

Maybe they're they look very intimidating. 565s

Those might be some reasons that we would cause at trying to connect with our neighbors. 568s

Some thoughts that the authors of the art of neighboring put together on what we fear are that 575s

maybe we don't share the same values as other parents in the neighborhood. 581s

So we don't want to let our kids play with the other kids in the neighborhood because as parents 585s

we're on very different pages. What about a home that always seems to be empty? 589s

It's clearly not abandoned but no one is ever home. 595s

What about a family that seems to have a lot of drama in their lives? 600s

Just don't want to deal with someone else's drama. 605s

And what about a fear of long-term commitment? 610s

I thought this one was particularly interesting because you think about it when you serve it 614s

a soup kitchen it's kind of a one and done. You may see that person periodically if you serve more 620s

often or every month on the same regular schedule. 626s

But it's still there's a distant connection, a distant relationship with a neighbor. 632s

If you end up connecting with a neighbor it's probably going to be more long term. 639s

When you get home they're going to be there. When you leave they're going to be there. 645s

They're going to know what's going on in your lives and it's this long-term commitment that 651s

are we really ready to make? We fear that long-term commitment. I can't run and hide from my 654s

neighbors because my neighbors are still next door. I have a story, a personal story. This is not 661s

a neighbor with the dog. This is a different neighbor but there's a house in our neighborhood 668s

that we casually or we kind of dubbed it the creepy house. I can tell you this story because I've 674s

actually talked to the neighbor about this. It's not anything that this neighbor has not heard 684s

before. For a long time we would just call this the creepy house because day and night there would 689s

be people there. Just tons of people there, always. Too many people for one house. Halloween they 695s

would decorate or they do decorate really creepy. I didn't think that we shared anything in common 702s

and then we had a yard sale and this lovely woman happened up and she's looking through some 710s

of the stuff and we get to chatting and she was absolutely wonderful, very kind, very open 717s

and it turns out that it's this woman from the creepy house and I got to know her and I found out 726s

that they have elderly parents living with them. They have kids and grandkids who love to come 733s

over and swim in their pool and have barbecues. So they happened to really enjoy decorating for Halloween 739s

and there were all of these connecting points that I had been missing out on because I had made 748s

assumptions in my mind that we would have nothing in common but here I have a neighbor who values 756s

family. She loves the theatrical aspect of Halloween, the costuming and the entertainment aspect of 764s

it. These people enjoy life. They enjoy life. I was willing to bypass a whole relationship, 775s

a possible friendship because of the assumptions that I was making based on what I thought I was seeing. 786s

It's really, really easy to make assumptions about other people and base your entire relationship 797s

or the lack of a relationship on those perceptions. So before writing a neighbor off, I want to ask you 803s

to ask yourself, is this an assumption or is it true? Am I making an assumption about my neighbor 812s

or is it true? Now there's a certain conditioning that we have that we're to fear our neighbor 821s

and they are to fear us but Jesus doesn't say that, does he? He says we are to love our neighbor 829s

and love does not fear. Open your Bibles to 1 John chapter 4 so you can go to the back of your 838s

Bible and you will find revelation and then if you work backwards from that you will find 848s

Jude then 3 John 2 John and then you will find yourself in 1 John 1 John chapter 4 verses 18 855s

through 19. There is no fear in love but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment 865s

and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love, we love because he first loved us. Jesus 875s

write the relationship between us and God while we were still sinners while we were enemies of the 885s

Lord Jesus write that relationship and we are called into faith and made his children by his love. 892s

In that then we are given his spirit and we are able to produce the fruits and works of the 902s

spirit which Ephesians reminds us these works have been prepared for us beforehand to be our 909s

way of life. So let's open up to Ephesians. It's in the New Testament. It is after Galatians. If you 917s

have Acts then you turn right and you get Romans then the 1st and 2nd Corinthians Galatians and 926s

you will find yourself in Ephesians right after Galatians and we're looking at Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10 932s

Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10 for we are what he has made us created in Christ Jesus for good works 939s

which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. Our way of life is for goodness right it is 948s

for those good works through the spirit the good works are not what save us right Jesus saved us 961s

but he has given us his spirit which then goes forth in us producing those good works. Now putting 968s

our fear aside I do have to stress and this is really important that it does not mean when we put 976s

our fear aside it does not mean that we stop with discernment right caution is always justified 984s

when dealing or encountering strangers it's really important that we don't just cast all caution 993s

all discernment aside because we are just not going to fear right we need to be smart we need to work 1002s

in wisdom and and know people wisely when we set aside our fear we're really setting aside or 1009s

aiming to set aside our timidity we can make all sorts of excuses not to speak to someone but it's 1018s

often our own insecurities that are bubbling to the surface so when we're when we're timid right 1027s

instead of fearful because most of us don't fear fear our neighbor right but we're a little 1034s

timid about reaching out and meeting our neighbors but that's often our own insecurities that are 1040s

bubbling to the surface you know this is going to be awkward I don't want awkwardness or maybe 1046s

I'm an introvert so someone else would really be better at this than me what about my neighbor is 1051s

going to think I'm really weird or what if my neighbor rejects me can you imagine going to the door 1058s

knocking with something in hand brownies or or a pie and and they just say nope bye bye right 1066s

that that's a little scary it's it's a little cause for timidity but let's go to Timothy second 1075s

Timothy chapter one I keep closing my Bible and then reopening it I just need to leave it open 1083s

but first Timothy so we were in Ephesians you're going to keep going to the right and you're 1089s

going to find the tea books so after Thessalonians you'll have first Timothy we want to go to 1096s

second Timothy chapter one verse seven God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit 1103s

of power and of love and of self discipline in the ESV it says that God gave us a spirit not 1114s

of fear but of power and love and self control we have absolutely no need to be timid or fearful 1122s

because God empowers us and enables us to be bold and to take that first step with our neighbors 1133s

we can remind ourselves all the time as we feel those feelings of fear or feelings of timidity 1142s

starting to bubble or rise we remind ourselves that getting through the weirdness or getting 1148s

through the awkwardness is probably going to be the most difficult part in the process of neighboring 1156s

so if we can make it through the awkwardness if we can make it through that weirdness 1164s

that's probably going to be the worst part of it which really isn't too bad is it 1167s

go to the next page so now we're going to talk about taking the first steps and then the 1176s

steps after that so we want to be a good neighbor we want to reach out to our neighbors but how 1185s

how do we do this J and Dave who wrote the book The Art of Neighboring they compare this 1194s

perplexity to cleaning the garage I love this metaphor so if you ever stared into a garage and 1200s

you think to yourself I know I need to spend the day cleaning this I know I do but I just don't 1207s

know where to begin right where do I start and you're overwhelmed with the starting point how do I 1216s

tackle this situation how do I tackle what I know I want to do what I know I need to do but I just 1224s

don't know where to start or how to do it the thing is is that when we don't know where to start 1233s

or we're overwhelmed a lot of times we'll give up another neighbor can talk to that one 1241s

I don't want to do this I give up I quit right but we don't want to quit we want to continue to 1247s

reach out to our neighbors and we want to continue to have that opportunity to connect and grow in 1253s

relationship to the impact and glory of God's kingdom right so there's a simple framework that 1259s

we can use as a helpful tool of where to start and then continue to grow in relationship with our 1267s

neighbors and that is yep there we go so we are strangers and then we take that next step into 1273s

acquaintances and then that from there we can build relationships so stranger acquaintance 1286s

relationship stranger acquaintance relationship so how do we take this first jump from stranger to 1294s

acquaintance all right we're going to get out that block map again lots of flipping here get out 1303s

your block map because we're going to use this okay so the people that you don't know as you're 1309s

filling this in the people that you don't know their names those are the strangers okay those are 1314s

the strangers those are the ones that you have to meet so the first step as we discovered last 1321s

week is to learn your neighbors names make it a point to have a conversation with a neighbor who 1327s

you don't know his or her name so you can you can learn the name now right now that's going to look 1335s

a little bit differently than it would under normal circumstances when we are not 1342s

distancing ourselves from people and if we're unable to find a person's name or number right now 1347s

some of these meetings or getting to know your neighbor some of that might might have to be 1355s

on hold a little bit until we're able to actually go over to someone's house in person but 1362s

if there's someone that you don't know their name but you do know their number or you don't know 1369s

their name and when we're done with the quarantines the shelter in place the social distancing that you 1375s

actually can get out and meet people a conversation might look at like this hi I'm Carrie I know you've 1381s

told me your name before I got to be honest I am terrible with names can you please give it to me 1389s

again right so you're you're telling them I know you've told me your name I can't remember it but 1396s

I want to know it I want to remember it right and so you're learning their name and you're being 1403s

honest and they know when you're being honest with them they can trust you more right that that 1409s

builds right there just a little bit of trust or maybe if it's someone that you've never known their 1415s

name you can you can approach them say hey you know we wave to each other all the time I'd love to 1422s

know your name my name's Carrie and you'd say your name of course right um so now you have your names 1427s

you've got your names what next well the first step is to after you learn their names write it down 1434s

write it down on your block map you don't have to throw this out right keep your block map 1441s

write their names down on it and then hang it on your fridge or hang it somewhere that's 1447s

prominent enough that you will see it every single day this not only reminds you of your neighbor's 1452s

names right now you know their names but it also keeps that neighbor at the top of your mind it 1459s

keeps you thinking about the neighbors you know and the ones that you have yet to meet it's a tangible 1465s

way for you to remember who God has placed you in the midst of right so keep that um and if you 1472s

want to take it a step further with the block map you can do what one of the authors wife's did 1481s

wife did she used this block map to make a block directory I love this she went door to door 1486s

around this block and she ended up doing it for her whole neighborhood it depends on how big your 1496s

neighborhood is but she went door to door she gathered contact information and she made copies 1500s

for all of these other neighbors so she had addresses cell phone numbers email addresses and when 1507s

she then distributed it to all the other neighbors that meant that they could connect with one 1514s

another too that they all had means of building those relationships with their neighbors it'd be a 1522s

very very handy tool to have something like a block directory at a time like this right where you could 1529s

call your neighbor up really easily you have their name you have their number you have their email 1536s

address and it's already there for you so that's a great way to use the block map um what they found 1541s

was that by doing the block map where then they they made it a directory they found that the 1550s

contact information it actually began to facilitate and further new relationships that the neighbors 1556s

started contacting one another and they would say oh yeah it's laid out and I see your garage is 1563s

still open I don't know if you want to close that or one woman had used the information to invite 1569s

all the women of the neighborhood for a girl's night out so they started to see that by taking 1576s

that step of of using their block map and then gathering the information and sharing it as a 1582s

block directory they were seeing the fruits of that within their own neighborhood 1588s

not everyone is going to be more than an acquaintance for us and that's okay but what relationships 1595s

are we opening the door for if we take these little steps so the next step after learning names 1601s

is to move into well after learning names and then work acquaintances right so we're strangers we 1608s

know someone's name now we're acquaintances so now we want to move into that relationship realm 1615s

we can't force relationships as much as I would love to do that as much as I sometimes try to do 1623s

that be my friend we can't do that we can't force relationships but we can create the opportunity 1632s

for relationships to develop right so one couple found that even though they didn't know how to 1640s

take the first step in meeting people one of the things that they did to open the opportunity 1647s

for relationships is that they moved their family's center of activity from the backyard 1653s

to the front yard they put a swing in the front yard they put some chairs out there and instead of 1660s

staying in the backyard fenced in where no one could access them they couldn't see who was walking 1666s

on the street they moved everything to the front yard after a short while the other kids in the 1672s

neighborhood were coming over to play with their kids people walking their dogs would stop to say hi 1677s

they would be chatting they would get to know their neighbors and then all of a sudden 1684s

these people were starting to share meals and these block parties were kind of forming out of 1688s

just moving to the front yard block parties or parties are also a really great tool that can 1696s

be used in creating warmth and opening that atmosphere for friendship within the neighborhood 1706s

parties really create a safe space and an easy space for us to talk with others in a relaxed 1715s

atmosphere this is what we do or attempt to do with the life groups too right we're not inviting 1722s

someone to a very structured thing that they'll feel out of place it's it's a social time we're 1728s

wanting people to be able to connect in a relaxed and easygoing atmosphere let's turn our 1734s

bibles to Luke chapter five so you're going to go back towards the beginning of the New Testament 1741s

Matthew Mark Luke and then John so Luke chapter five if I can find it which I think I can 1749s

Luke chapter five we're going to start in verse 27 so after this Jesus went out and saw a 1760s

tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth and he said to him follow me and Levi got up left 1768s

everything and followed him then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house and there was a 1775s

large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them the Pharisees and their scribes 1781s

were complaining to his disciples saying why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners 1788s

Jesus answered those who are well have no need of a physician but those who are sick 1795s

I have come to call not the righteous but the sinners to repentance Levi threw a party 1802s

there were all sorts there and Jesus used that banquet that time of party of fellowship of 1811s

togetherness to show his solidarity with sinners not that he is okay with sin not that he encouraged 1821s

sin but his solidarity that he came for the sinner he came for you and I he emphasized that his 1830s

mission was to call the sinner to repentance so a block party a block party is not or should not 1840s

be held with the intent of a bait and switch right we're not inviting people to come and mingle with 1851s

us so that we can have an agenda and coerce them into hearing the good news of the gospel of course 1858s

if it comes up if the topic arises we certainly want to bring a word of faith we certainly want to 1867s

bring the good news to those people but to have that specific agenda to have any agenda 1878s

it really has a false ring to it people can tell when we have agendas people can tell when we are 1888s

not sincere or authentic in how or why we are connecting with them we don't want to give a false 1897s

sense of interest because we are interested in these people certainly as human beings and we do want 1906s

them connected with Christ we do want them we want everyone connected with Christ but we can't have 1913s

a weird agenda about it if that makes sense right so it's just not new really so don't have an 1920s

agenda allow for the godly relationship to develop naturally because it will the Lord will open the 1928s

time or present the time for those conversations to happen we don't abandon our faith in order to 1940s

fit in with the sinner we are all sinners right but we don't just throw it all away we don't 1947s

throw our faith to the wind in order to feel like we fit in with the world but we don't use that 1954s

false connection because it feels and it will be fake you have in the priesthood of all believers you 1960s

have every right and you have every authority to speak of your faith and to speak of Jesus Christ 1969s

as our Savior as our Redeemer you absolutely have that right and don't shy away from it that is 1977s

not at all what I'm saying do not shy away from sharing your faith but use wisdom in how you bring 1985s

it to your neighbor I want to encourage you if you have not yet taken the everyday missionary 1994s

course that everyone has witnessed course or the everyday boldness workshop with Steve if you've 2001s

not taken those witnessing workshops I really encourage you to do so you will find that in those 2009s

classes and workshops you are going to find really natural ways of talking with people where you 2019s

know you want to share the gospel with this person but you also know how to share it and when 2027s

it's the appropriate time and when it just might not be yet and that's okay the door will open when 2034s

God is ready for that door to be opened we have to trust that the Lord will work when and where 2041s

He chooses when and where He wills right we we are open to being used as His vessel but we need to 2049s

trust the Lord in where He's taking us with that the only way that we can start filling out these 2059s

block maps that we can start actually moving from stranger to acquaintance and at least opening up 2067s

the opportunity for relationship is by starting to get out and meet people right we need to actually 2074s

meet people in order to know people right so for the most part people are not going to be knocking 2082s

on your door saying hey you I think you need a friend I need a friend let's be friends most people 2090s

don't do that there are the random occasional extroverts you know who you are who will do that who 2099s

will knock on a door just to make a friend but for the most part that's not going to happen right 2107s

but you can be the person to do that with your neighbors not necessarily knocking on everyone's door 2114s

hey do you want a friend but when you're walking your dog or they're walking a dog or you see someone 2119s

out waving greeting them saying hi meeting them speaking with them look for opportunities to 2125s

meet your neighbor go on walks host or co host a block party right now at this time we can offer to 2135s

get groceries or medicines for our neighbors we can offer to walk our neighbors dog right what if 2144s

they can't get out and walk their dog maybe that's a service that we can offer for them we can find 2150s

little ways of connecting all these little ways of connecting that truly truly have everlasting 2157s

impact I look forward to continuing and wrapping up this study on the art of neighboring with you 2166s

next week until then I invite you to put into practice your own neighborly selves and have an 2174s

impact for Jesus in your world bye 2183s