Satterfields BBQ + Gospel Choir + Pastor Jake Hall = SECOND SUNDAY SERVICE AT THE GARDEN!

COVID has taken much from us; jobs, travel, school days, regular income, and so many precious lives of those we love. The virus has left anxiety, isolation, lost dreams and deep grief in its dark wake. But the pandemic has also given us something as well: a huge collective pause. Time has slowed to a crawl and given us a once in a lifetime opportunity to become aware of the importance of community and how much we really do need each other. It’s also given us a chance to see a different way of BEING, a way that recognizes how very connected we are to one another and recognizes that we as individuals cannot be fully whole until our community is fully whole. As we’ve been forced to let go of our routines and “the way we’ve always done it” lives, we’ve also begun to understand that there may just be new ways of building community. So what does that mean to us here in Macon, GA as we move through what we hope are the final days of this pandemic? What does it mean for us individually? Collectively? Do we go back to the old “normal?” Or do we imagine a new creation: a diverse community that accepts and employs the unique gifts each of us brings to the world that desperately needs us? We think this is a discussion worth having and that Society Garden offers us the perfect micro-community in which to begin to imagine a new way forward together. This is a discussion that is bigger than mere words—it needs art and music and movement and all kinds of beautiful people coming together. So on the second Sunday of each month, we are inviting all sorts of folks to gather at the Garden, hear some great music, see and experience some great art and to dialogue about what we imagine our community could become. How can we live out “I need you and you need me?” Bring your imaginations and join us!