Letters from overseas : A willingness to listen

Notes: The Rev. Lance Dixon, and his wife Kelli, are Volunteers from the Diocese of Toronto, serving in South Africa. Here, Lance Dixon, describes a 10-day mission to Cape Town, undertaken by students from Grahamstown. He describes the rarity of travel for ordinary people in South Africa and the challenges and value of making a journey to meet new people and to create and be part of community wherever you go and whoever you are. "Churches, community centres, synagogues, all have a responsibility to provide space for people to discover a sense of belonging and purpose in relation to others. What we discovered in our time with the community in Paarl, is that it doesn't take years of expert training and sophisticated technology to bring a community together -- it takes a willingness to listen".

Subjects: Volunteers in Mission - Anglican Church of Canada; Church of the Province of Southern Africa. Diocese of Grahamstown; Listening - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion