These are the basic design plans for New Jerusalem. The structure and mechanisms for mutual service (love your neighbour as yourself) are described here. As discussed in the letter on "City Planning", the city is comprised of 60 local communities built on Mount Kenya accommodating 144,000 people. Each local community will look something like the picture below. Here, three flat sections have been carved out of the mountain to build one local community on the mountainside.

Each residence court has dimensions of approximately 70m by 70m. Click to see a floor plan of a residence block. The residence blocks are on three levels plus a cellar. They could also have a roof terrace. All bedrooms are the same size (2.6m by 3m) and are terraced. The bedrooms are only large enough to contain a bed and perhaps a small desk and chair. Each room has an open fireplace (dark grey areas indicate chimneys). The block looks like a boat with a deck, which is where the idea of Noah's Ark ties in.

On the ground floor there is a dining room, kitchen, bathroom and clothes washing and storage facilities. This creates opportunities to serve others – by cooking meals, washing clothes etc. People can serve in the city as they choose to do and could do many different things.

The parts of the building that need water (kitchen, clothes washing and bathrooms) are close together to keep plumbing relatively simple. Bedding and towels are likely to be shared so that people can take dirty items to be washed and clean items straight out of storage without having to store any in their own room.

The buildings at the centre of the community may change in shape and size according to their function, however two buildings of 50m by 25m by 9m and two buildings of 25m by 20m by 9m have been drawn. Each building is about three levels high but not necessarily divided into three levels. One of the buildings would act as a storage warehouse for the things made by the community (grain, clothes, firewood etc.).

The buildings may contain several small production/serving facilities. For example, one could be a bakery providing sandwiches, meaning that fewer meals would need to be provided at each residence block.

The Piece Hall in Halifax would be a good model for the centre of a community in New Jerusalem. It is a court on three levels with small shops that go all the way around it. In addition, 'Piece Hall' sounds like 'Peace Hall'. See www.piecehall.info for further details.

The city should be able to produce everything it needs. I have included a list of possible facilities here. Not all are enclosed by a building and some could fit into a smaller building. Some of these facilities may not be suitable for the climatic conditions on the top of a mountain unless housed inside some kind of greenhouse.

Examples of production and serving facilities:

• Production of building materials
  
• Chemical manufacture (e.g. ink, cleaning fluids, soap, toothpaste and paint)
  
• Manufacture of other materials (linen and wool)
  
• Shoe and clothing manufacture
  
• Metalwork (tool manufacture etc.)
  
• Rubber
  
• Carpentry
  
• Glass
  
• Plumbing equipment and fittings
  
• Manufacture of tools and equipment needed by other production facilities
  
• Manufacture of farming and gardening equipment
  
• Fire safety equipment
  
• Sports equipment
  
• Musical instrument manufacture
  
• Recycling
  
• Candle, lamp and match manufacture
  
• Bakery
  
• Pottery
  
• Paper and tissue paper manufacture
  
• Stationery manufacture
  
• Cleaning equipment
  
• Boxes, containers and bags
  
• Food processing (e.g. salt and flour from corn)
  
• Educational/art materials manufacture
  
• Toy manufacture
  
• Printing (e.g. books and signs)
  
• Plant and tree nursery (gardening and reforestation)
  
• Transport
  
• Bee-keeping
  
• Sex-related products, e.g. contraceptives and toys
  
• Hair cutting and other personal services
  

Examples of leisure facilities:

I think there should be a relatively large number of these. Child-orientated facilities could include the following:

• A maize maze, which can be regrown in a different pattern every year (maize grows taller than people)
  
• Adventure playground
  
• Traditional playground
  
• Castle (containing games, toys, clothes to dress up in etc.)
  
• Puzzle area much like the TV series 'The Crystal Maze'
  
• Miniature golf
  
• Bowling Alley

• Sports halls
  
• Theatre and music halls
  
• Swimming pools
  
• Museums giving a cross section of our society

Education system: Perhaps done in the large rooms in the residence blocks for young children (e.g. in each court there could be four classes for different ages); many skills could be taught by apprenticeship (learning on the job) rather than through formal education. Advanced education and libraries should be available for people wanting to find parables, and to find new ways to improve the lives of other people.

Music: I have criticised the Church for using music as a form of worship. However, other forms of music are ways to love your neighbour as yourself, because people like to listen to music.

The society has no means of financial transaction or any prescribed legal system other than what Jesus says. We can actively stop things that are against Jesus (e.g. he drove out the money changers from the temple). 'Turning the other cheek', repentance and forgiveness are ideal for sins directed at individuals. Many sins/crimes no longer apply (e.g. theft and adultery). People serve in the ways and times that they choose and everyone is free.