Everything stands or falls with the willingness of local residents to participate in turning the thirty -year -old Resurrection Church into a bustling neighborhood meeting place. The Protestant Church of Assen wants to know before 1 March who is all interested in the church building, and then see with whom they are working with.
There is also serious interest from its own ranks, the diaconia of the Protestant Church of Assen. “As a church community, we would also like to maintain a place in the middle of society, where people can go, for a listening ear, a cup of coffee or a meal. We want to be able to stand next to people. That’s why we join the other groups to the other groups for the To get hold of the resurrection church, “says Dick Vos of the Diaconie.
For example, they have a monthly joint cooking sessions, entitled ‘Eating together tastes like more’, and every Wednesday there is coffee morning. There are also actions for charities from the church building, such as the Christmas packages for minima every year. “If the church goes to another investor, we will lose all of that. Together we will try to keep this beautiful place. I firmly believe that we will succeed,” says Vos.
Tonight the organizations are holding a joint information evening for residents of Marsdijk about what the future can be of the Resurrection Church. Almost two hundred people have registered for this. “We hope for a lot of enthusiasm and that from the bottom up, so with the residents together, something beautiful can flourish in Marsdijk.”