Host

You enjoy and appreciate others for who they are.

Hosts find that they are open to other people’s opinions, way of doing and perspectives on faith and life. They realise that these different views can inform and deepen their own insights. They make an effort to see themselves and what they believe through the eyes of other people. Hosts accept that their point of view may differ from other people’s understanding.

You try to provide as many places at the ‘table’ as possible.

Hosts spend less time on self-reflection. They have a sense of the importance of other people and relationships for their own growth. Hosts are open to experiencing support and guidance from people who may radically differ from them.

You embody the core Christian value of hospitality.

Hosts live with open arms, embracing a wide range of people. They are comfortable in different settings because they do not require people to conform to a specific set of norms before they are invited to the ‘table’.

You create and enjoy friendship groups.

Hosts may form different friendship groups in and around their community. Such groups may become spaces in which to play, pray, laugh, discuss and just be with each other. If the groups are formed around learning material, it would help if they are simply discussion starters and not used to lay down hard guidelines for ‘teaching’.