1.28.2004
We had our first meeting about a second service today. We got into dialogue about what we want to do, how to do it, where with who - who would attend, who would help.
We all agreed that we are not meeting the needs of everyone in the church.
My ideal is a service that is on saturday nights where we meet to commune with God, have experiential worship not spectator worship, time for dialouge, reflection and fellowship. Then we all go out to the bar and continue the conversation.
I fear we are running our church too much like a business and not enough like a mission. There will be a new committee for planning/vision of the church - where do we want to be in 5 years, membership wise, financially - and I'm not sure but I hope it includes missionally and spiritually, communally.
We all agreed that we are not meeting the needs of everyone in the church.
My ideal is a service that is on saturday nights where we meet to commune with God, have experiential worship not spectator worship, time for dialouge, reflection and fellowship. Then we all go out to the bar and continue the conversation.
I fear we are running our church too much like a business and not enough like a mission. There will be a new committee for planning/vision of the church - where do we want to be in 5 years, membership wise, financially - and I'm not sure but I hope it includes missionally and spiritually, communally.