Sunday

We talked this past Sunday about being a saferous church. Here are a few of the posted ideas that centered around stretching your faith.

• Continue to address and respond to controversial matters
• Theological debate club
• Quit being soft on doctrine
• Wrestle with the question of gay marriage

Do you like any of these? Are any of these safe or are they dangerous?
If yours wasn’t included or got misrepresented, speak up!

We talked this past Sunday about being a saferous church. Here are a few of the posted ideas that centered around breaking out of the mold.

• More outdoor services at different locations
• On a Sunday morning, we have one combined gathering…then, we pray as a group and ask God to show us what to do as a church to obey him. Then we organize as a church to do what he tells us.
• Listen to what people want to talk about
• Throw out time restraints
• Ask the children what to do - they aren’t civilized yet

We talked this past Sunday about being a saferous church. Here are a few of the posted ideas that centered around risking our comfort.

• Another church plant
• Go clean another church’s facility
• Admit and confess our sins to one another
• …bring God up in normal business conversations.
• Call [her] and let her know I am religious
• Admit anger towards God

Do you like any of these? Are any of these safe or are they dangerous?
If yours wasn’t included or got misrepresented, speak up!

We talked this past Sunday about being a saferous church. Here are a few of the posted ideas that centered around being a safe place for the community.

• When you have new people sitting beside [you] that you have not met, make them feel welcome.
• Invite the homeless over for dinner.
• [Focus community impact days on] a ministry
• Go to local homeless camps, get in the trenches, and work with the homeless until the camps are empty.

Do you like any of these? Are any of these safe or are they dangerous?

Frances heard a little tidbit about belief recently in a Menlo Park Pres podcast:

There are things you say you believe
Then there are things you think you believe
And finally there are things that you show or reveal you believe.

The connotation being, of course, that actions speak louder than words. Furthermore, actions even trump intention or what we’d like to be true in terms of belief.

You get the forwards; you know, the ones from those friends, you might even be one of those friends. Put your crazy YouTube searching skillz to a good use!

Share your favorite Christmas videos (you could even make one if you’re so inclined) and we’ll play the most popular ones on Sunday.

Here’s the skinny:

1. find a funny video
2. post the link or the embed code as a comment
3. vote for you favorites with the ‘+’ or ‘-‘
4. come Sunday to help decide the best video

A few weeks ago, Leah brought a powerpoint presentation showing how she connects with God.

I’m wondering if there are others who have an expressive way they’ve connected with God. If so, are you willing to bring something that symolizes that practice this Sunday?

a photo, a song, written pieces, a display… anything that’s been meaningful for you.

Sunday, October 21st we broke out into smaller discussion groups. We barely scratched the surface of our question:

Is God trying to connect with me? How can I look for that?

Thought we could continue the dialogue here:

Unconference- October 7, 2007
Group A: Things to do to encourage a spiritual experience at The Journey
*How can we make an environment that encourages spiritual connections?
*What works for people?

1) Deeper allowed spiritual connections
a. Deeper- A 2 hour worship experience that dived deeper into the word, had communion
What if every service was like that?
Ideas: Maybe have something like this on a Saturday to foster spiritual connections on Sunday

2) Does a “Deeper” type experience overwhelm new people?