Welcome to Green Street
where the Kingdom of God is breaking through
 
We practice the radical welcome of God:
Whether you are
single, married, divorced, widowed,
black, brown, white, or mixed,
straight, gay, bi or confused,
transgender, cisgender or non-binary,
born in the USofA, or undocumented,
we welcome you.
 
We love crying infants and wiggly toddlers
athletic moms and out of shape dads,
immature grey-haired people
and children with old souls.
 
We welcome friends of Jesus and church-phobics,
religious refugees and agnostic doubters,
corporate executives and starving artists,
tree-hugging vegans and red-meat eaters.
the unemployed and over-employed,
Republicans, Democrats, independents and anarchists,
the tattooed, pierced, both or neither,
people who know it all
and those who have hard questions.
 
We don’t care if your family came here
on the Mayflower or came across the border,
came through Ellis Island,
were brought here as slaves, or seek refuge.
Everyone is welcome.
 
We believe that black and brown lives matter
and that white privilege is real.
We welcome the least, last, losers and the lost,
upper class, middle class, working class,
or people with no class at all.
If a crowded room gives you an extrovert buzz,
or if silence soothes your inner introvert,
there's a place for you here.
 
You are welcome
if you have sobered up or are still using
in recovery or thinking of rehab.
We love sinners and saints.
neighbors, strangers and enemies.
Your presence enriches us.
Thanks for visiting,
and welcome home.

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