Saturday, August 9, 2008

Church?

1x per month of "attractional" normal church service. Lots of quick connections and a place where people can make new connections and for the whole body to come together. This is a great place for seekers who are just being introduced into the community, for people who just want to listen and blend into the crowd, and for the whole community come together and get taught.
1x Question asking. Groups of 12-15 people ask questions and the community around the big table all chips in to open up the question askers to new understanding. Maybe a time at the end where 'stumper' questions can be brought up and the elders or a group can share what we believe on the subject.
1x prayer For individuals and the community. This is where we make our stand. This is where the battle lies. We need to appeal to God.
1x Celebration/rest- A picnic or game night or whatever you consider rest.
5th sunday becomes solitude time with the LORD
This saves on Sunday prep times and allows some of the teaching to be spread to the small groups. It is decentralizing in the pastoral focus but still coming together. All but the first could be done in one central place or in many local places. This allows the church to spread outside of the church building's radius and makes it much less important to own a building.
How do ideas flow and how does God's movement grow? Not through me but through us.
We can help to make "receipes and not rules" by giving purposes behind small groups and ways to be trained. We can give suggested resources and suggested ways to grow. We can empower and encourage and love and give away what we are helping to build.

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