1. Church to Community: UM Church for All People
Radical Hospitality
Katelin Hansen, PhD
@KatelinHansen7
@4AllPeople4 4AllPeople.org

2. Church for All People

3. Community Development for All People
Free Store
Affordable Housing
After School Program
Mt. Carmel Primary Care
Charitable Pharmacy
Healthy Eating & Living
Community Gardens
Bike Shop

4. Guiding Principles Radical Hospitality (December 13)
Third Places (January 17)
Divine Economy of Abundance (February 7)

5. Experiencing Welcome "I felt I belonged here" "I was accepted"
"I felt the love of God immediately.“
"I just felt so welcomed"

6. English
Greek
Hospitality
Philaxenia
Philaxenia
Love the Stranger

7. Radical Hospitality
Positive relationships begin with Radical Hospitality.
We must be intentional in these efforts because race, class, income, education create deep divisions in our society.
Authentic relationships are formed and strengthened through mutuality and accompaniment .
These relationships lead to personal transformation, spiritual vitality and community renewal.

8. The United Methodist Free Store
Over 150,000 people served
$2 million dollars of goods given away each year
If the doors are open, the coffee pot is on!

9. Touching Grace No need to prove you are worthy of our Charity
Letting go of “the rules”
Touching
Grace

10. Mutuality and Accompaniment
Ministry “with”…not at, to, or upon
Mutuality
Each person has much to give as well as receive.
You may serve at the soup kitchen, but do you eat at table there as well?
You may pray for the poor, but do you as for their prayers as well?
Requires vulnerability
Accompaniment
Simply listen to folks, drawing forth that person’s hopes and aspirations
Gas bills and college bills
“Give us this day our daily bread”
From there, relationships expand into what God has next

11. FRESH MARKET

12. How do we express Radical Hospitality?
Every day we do simple things that make people feel welcome (or not!).
How have we subtly excluded?
Entrances, locks, room locations, rules
Church location
“Easier when no one is here”
How do to we expressly welcome the stranger?
Coffee, prayer, hugs, greeters

13. Hospitality is love put into action
Caring for one another enough that we are willing to sacrifice deeply on the other's behalf.
Setting aside one's own comfort and preferences for the sake those around you.
Caring for the injustice in others' lives, and working daily to right those wrongs.
Putting love into action and demonstrating in meaningful ways that God has not forgotten about any of God's children.

14. Pastor Rudy Rasmus's 'Touch Test.'

15. Discussion
Which people would be welcome in your own church setting? Which would not?
Are there some that are more difficult for you than others?
How might you challenge yourself and your church community to be radically hospitable to all those listed?

16. Discussion
What were some of Jesus's acts of radical hospitality in His ministry?
What was the effect of that hospitality on the people He encountered?
How do new visitors experience your church setting?
What are some simple steps that your community can take to be more radically hospitable?

17. Open Forum/Questions?

18. Guiding Principles Radical Hospitality (December 13)
Third Places (January 17)
Divine Economy of Abundance (February 7)

19. Contact Dr. Katelin Hansen Phone: 614-445-7342 ex. 24
Web: 4AllPeople.org
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