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  1. Bonnie – Picture on the book is upside down because it is a weird church. 🙂

    There were seven of us who met tonight. As we said, come when you can.
    We started out with introductions and then began talking about the Spiral Dynamic Memes. We discussed Jesus’ words, “I am the way, the truth and the life; No one comes to the Father except through me.” and named how folks in the various color memes might interpret or understand those words. We had this discussion partly to get more comfortable with Spiral Dynamics and partly to talk about our faith in this culture.
    Dave had a couple of handouts that were helpful also in getting more of a grasp on the colors. I don’t see where I can attach handouts to this blog. ???? Is it possible to attach items into the blog?
    We also talked about how to reach out to folks – what is our church called to do.Several members had thought about having block parties in their neighborhoods to get to know their neighbors. And then we wondered what is a next step…- how does one welcome folks in a way that shares the Gospel of Jesus Christ without pushing folks away.
    Barb P told about Health Assessments that take place in each county and how those assessments can give us valuable information about the needs of our community. We talked about more folk being hungry than we are likely aware of. We wondered about having a soup kitchen in our community. or an end of month Saturday night community meal. We talked about our Back Pack Ministry and our partnership with Cummins and the School to make that ministry possible. We wondered how we could make known to the community our involvement in this ministry I suggested probably with a newspaper article.
    We talked about the value of our Milwaukee Urban Immersion Trip for adults.
    We also talked about the number of youth who have been confirmed recently – how do we reach them. I know I need to go to ball games.We wondered about a Wednesday night brief worship service after Confirmation – CDs for parents as well as youth.

    Lots of ideas tossed into the mix of how do we do church in this culture. How do we share our faith in Jesus Christ in a way that is meaningful for people in our church and community. what does God call us to do.
    I invite others to add to my comments, to add their own questions and ideas – to make suggestions. Where does the book, where does our discussion lead you?

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