Lot on this week…hence not many postings…..
Getting ready for Christmas, January and AGM in February.
Budgets, multi media, Angus Buchan, Christmas services, holidays, fixing car…(oil, coolant, sparks, tyres)
and that is just the last two days…..
Has the ‘missional movement’ been given enough time to produce fruit?
Dan Kimball appears to be getting impatient as he writes,
“Small, indigenous churches are getting lots of attention, but where’s the fruit?
I hope I am wrong. For the past few years, I have been observing, listening, and asking questions about the missional movement. I have a suspicion that the missional model has not yet proven itself beyond the level of theory. Again, I hope I am wrong”
The article he writes appears to me to ask some serious and compelling questions, comparing the growth of ‘attractional’ churches with the apparent lack of growth of those pursuing alternate methods of church.
“We all agree with the theory of being a community of God that defines and organizes itself around the purpose of being an agent of God’s mission in the world. But the missional conversation often goes a step further by dismissing the “attractional” model of church as ineffective. Some say that creating better programs, preaching, and worship services so people “come to us” isn’t going to cut it anymore. But here’s my dilemma—I see no evidence to verify this claim.”
I wholeheatedly agree that the measure of a method of ‘church’ needs to be, is it growing and seeing people move from non Christ follower to fully devoted disciple. Maybe I am a late adopter, or maybe its time for some serious re-evaluations of those who are the self appointed ‘evaluators’
Here is a shortish presentation I have made up based around John 1 and Philipians 2
You can download a quality copy by right clicking here
Please let me know if and how you use it.
In our family we are trying to create memories for our children that will sustain them with joy as they look back at their childhood.
One inititive we have taken up recently is family dessert night. When guests come over, you often make up a nice dessert….Family Dessert night is when we make up a beautiful one, just for our family to enjoy.
This week it was Rollover Pavlova time….
I am so blessed!!!
This is so hard! Trying to get 5 different people together for an important meeting, in a volunteer capacity….around Christmas time!
aaaargh!!!!!!!!!
This is a countdown I have made up for our Christmas service. In my own copy I have included our church logo, and also the song from Jars of Clay “when love comes down”
You can get a copy, without the logo and song by right clicking here.
Please let me know if you use it, and how….
Mmmmmmm…what do you eat for Christmas Lunch?
Today I went to some friends house and ‘dedicated’ their child in their backyard. Beautiful sunshine in their Freo backyard, lovely drink food etc.
Number one son is a real gourmet eater…at the age of 7. Straight past all the standard kids table and onto the cheese…dad…can I have some of this Gouda, and some Dutch smokehouse….a decent slice of cheese later, and he was checking out the olives and other condiments.
What does he want for Christmas lunch? None of that ham or pork dad, I want a seafood buffet, crab, crayfish, prawns and fish dad……
sigh….. 🙂