Servanthood

 Recently our leadership program have been discussing the concept "what is NORMAL?" this was brought on by experience that a couple of the boys had when they spent a weekend with predominately other ethnic groups. To discover what is "normal" the boys came up with a plan to engage different cultures and experience to gain a better understanding of other peoples norms. So over the last 6 weeks we have gone to the Auckland Art Gallery, War Memorial Museum and serve the homeless at the Salvation Army shelter, all to get a better picture of the different worlds that people live in and call normal.

I (michael smith) have been really impressed with the commitment of our leadership boys to exploring this concept and how it can shape them. The reality of living in urban Auckland is we are surrounded by such diversity, you can either chose to ignore it or explore and through this learn so much about your own culture and identity. I look forward to seeing how this story continues to emerge, watch this space.