Five ways not to offer hospitality on Sundays

Phil Moon  |  Comment  |  the pastor's toolkit
Date posted:  14 Mar 2025
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Five ways not to offer hospitality on Sundays

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We are told in Romans (12:13) to "practise hospitality" (as it is spelt with British English, or, if you are American, to "practice hospitality"!).

I’m not sure that hospitality is just when people come round to your house though. Church services – they’re a teeny bit like having your neighbours around for dinner, or the football, or a ‘brew’. So wouldn’t they too be a place and a time to "practise hospitality"?

Here are five things that I don’t think you would do when your neighbours come round to your place, so why do so many of us do them at church?

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