You may have already seen the banners: in large letters, out the front of every Anglican church in the Southern Highlands, are the words “Jesus Is__”.
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Then there are the t-shirts, the coffee cups and the badges.
What’s going on?
An unusual campaign has been launched by the Anglican churches in the whole Wollongong region (which includes the Highlands), aimed at starting conversations about the man behind the Christian faith.
Local churches will be holding special events and encouraging people to ‘fill in the blank’ about who they think Jesus is.
“Jesus is one of the most important figures in history, but some people may not have really give much thought to who they think he is,” said Graham Thomas, senior minister at Robertson Anglican Church, one of the five Anglican parishes in the Highlands.
“In this campaign, we’re asking everyone to have a think about it, and we genuinely want to know your thoughts. Then we’re opening the doors so that people who want to keep talking feel welcome.”
Churches will be discussing the topic during services on the next two Sundays, March 18 and 25.
There will also be two events at Moss Vale Services Club to which the public are welcome: a dinner on Tuesday, March 20, where speaker Al Stewart will contend ‘Jesus is the man you want at your party’; and a senior’s lunch on Wednesday, March 21, at which former Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen will speak on ‘Jesus is my only hope’.
Finally, there is a massive high school youth event planned for the WIN Entertainment Centre on Friday, March 23.
For more information and a list of participating churches go to www.jesus-is.org.au.
