Staying Connected

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Vision for 2009

Last week, we started off the year with a great discussion on Vision for 2009. Here are some of the things we talked about:

1) Experiencing God's Presence.
We want to encounter God when we meet on Wednesday nights! If we're not experiencing God's presence in our group, then why are we even meeting? We will become more dedicated and intentional about times of worship and prayer.

2) Small Groups.
Dividing the girls and guys for prayer times creates a better atmosphere for sharing and praying together. Also, the guys have started meeting once a week on Friday mornings to have a Bible study. The girls talked about the possibility of starting a similar small group girls Bible study. We will place more emphasis on the importance of meeting in small groups during the week.

3) Building Relationships.
While experiencing God's presence may be the most important part of our meeting, building deep relationships is a close second. We discussed how easy it can become to show up on Wednesday nights but not really grow closer together as friends and as brothers and sisters in Christ. We will be designating the last Wednesday of each month to be a "Fellowship Night." We'll play games, eat pizza, and just hang out.

4) Reaching Out.
We discussed the need for our group to be serving the community in some way. We need volunteers to head up this part of our vision and find some ways our group can reach out. We also talked about inviting our friends to the group.


We discussed a lot of other things as well (like having a camping trip this summer), but those 4 things seemed to be the major points we covered. Did I miss anything?

Lord, help us follow through with this vision for 2009. Lead our group and let us be a blessing to You, to each other, and to our community.
Amen.

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New Series: The Truth Project

This Wednesday, September 17th, we're starting a brand new series call the Truth Project. see website view the trailer

This is an awesome video series all about worldview. It will challenge us to wrestle with some BIG questions about life, God, culture, etc.

Each night, we'll watch a video and then have a discussion time.

I'm really looking forward to this series, and I'm praying that God will challenge us, transform us, and use us.

Only TWO MORE disciplines to go!

In April, we kicked off a study on Richard Foster's book, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. In the book, Foster covers 12 different spiritual disciplines that encourage spiritual growth in our lives. In the same way that a farmer must cultivate his soil to see growth, we too must cultivate the soil of our lives so God can transform us and grow us.

So far we have covered the disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, submission, service, confession, and worship. The final two disciplines are guidance and celebration.

Tonight we'll be discussing the importance of the discipline of guidance as it relates to individuals and also the corporate body.

New baby + New School Year!

Baby Josiah was born on August 15th! We have been very busy and tired as we're adjusting to adding the fifth member of the family!

Brini and I are excited to get the college+career group going again. We love hosting and leading this group - you guys are awesome!

We're resuming our study on the spiritual disciplines tonight at 7pm with a discussion on discipline #10: Worship.

Please note the dates posted on the right hand side of the blog for our Fall schedule. I pray blessings on all of you as we enter the fall season.

Cheers,
Andrew

Beach Bonfire Night

On Wednesday night, June 18th, we're meeting at Seabright at 6:30 to hang out, play games, eat, sit around the bonfire, etc...

We want to celebrate the homecoming of our friends who were away at college.

So bring friends and bring food to share.

Drinks and S'mores will be provided.

Hope to see you there!!!

G3: Groups of Three

Last week, I introduced an exciting way for each of you to reach out to your friends. The idea is to form a small group of three people to meet once a week and talk about God together.

It's a great way to invite people into a conversation as opposed to inviting them to a church service.

Here's the site where you can get more info about G3 groups: http://www.metamore.org/pages/Groups%20of%20Three

We'll be getting into groups of 3 and "test-driving" the G3 concept throughout the summer...