Block Party!

About a month ago I listened to a podcast sermon from the Vineyard (our church in Boston). The topic was on being a host, and even moreso, being a host to those you might not even know. During the sermon, they interviewed a woman from the church who had a party for her entire street (Clarendon Street) in Boston! That is a big feat because there are many apartment buildings with many people living in each building...she had over a hundred people attend, most of which she had never met before! And, it went so well that they have since had other get togethers since then.
(If you'd like to listen to the sermon, http://vcfcaudio.bostonvineyard.org/podcast/vcfgb-podcast.html it's the sermon from March 18th by Christopher Greco.)

This sermon really inspired me to want to get to know our neighbors more. Last night, we invited the neighbor kids over for pizza and to watch "Night at the Museum". Then, today we had a block party/brunch for everyone on our street...it was soo great! There were about 20 people who came, and most stayed to the end, or even past the stated "ending time". One of the woman on our street who has lived here for 30 years, said it was the first block party that the street has had in 28 years!

It was super easy to do, and a lot of fun. So, if you have neighbors that you haven't met...I'm encouraging you to throw a block party! :)
The neighbors who came are already scheming a street garage sale for later this summer, and a BBQ for the fall!

Our invitations...


The spread...


Some of the people...