The Sunday before Easter, members from our church hosted a string of street parties and invited the neighbours along (as part of “Neighbour Day”). Judging by reports, it was a big success. Here is just some of the feedback-

“It went very well, even though most of us were not sure what Neighbour Day was. We had 14 adults , 3 kids & 1 dog, plus Kee & Karen, baby Michael, Linda & Kelvin, the twins & Nadia…. Apart from 2 “Anglos”, we were all from different countries: Scotland, Greece, 2nd generation Italian , South Africa , HK, Indonesia, Singapore, China. … They enjoyed my low sugar version of bananna bread, Dim Sim & dips. I printed around 60 invitations & put into their fry screens on Wed . But from now on, we have to be better behave , which is harder! “ (Alice)

“All our invited neighbours came except for those who have gone away for the weekend. Our local Council Rep, Robert Belleli and his wife, Natalie and daughter came chatted with various people till well after finish time. Rachel Oon and Colleen Lowe came to help as arranged. Kylie and Andy came as surprise helpers. Just keeping up friendships is good. I think everyone is feeling a bit more ‘comfortable’ with the friendship this second time round. It’s easier to remember names having close contact a second time”. (Laylee)

“Praise God, I felt our afternoon went well. I felt very busy – we had 13 households (some were single) this was three more than last year. Some needed more attention than othersbut that was where some great help came in. It was so good to have Peter Lim, Tony and Irene, Kerrie (my daughter in law next door) and Ted, Jill and Kelly McClure (who live next door on the other side) – Kelly helped entertain the four young teenage girls”. (Robyn)

The Chaplins and the Moores also had great stories to tell.