Feel free to use this space to discuss what you would like to do at the lock-in coming up this Friday. Here are some things we did at our last lock-in:
Icebreakers
Capture the Flag
Sardines
Free Time
Romans and Christians (I'm thinking we can do a different variation on this one because everyone seemed to enjoy the concept)
Movie
Prayer in sanctuary
Lots of food (could be used in a game as well)
What do you all want to do this year? What did you like? What didn't you like? What other games/activities do you know of that you would like us to do as a group? What movie do you want to watch (not 'R' rated)?
This space is for you to express your opinion, so post a comment with your thoughts so this lock-in will be an awesome experience for everyone.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Emergent Stuff...
Last night we read a chapter from Brian McLaren's More Ready Than You Realize. McLaren is a leader in the emergent church, a nondenominational church movement that is looking at transforming the ways we do church. They recognize that there are many around us that have not grown up in the church and aren't acquainted with traditional religion, or even turned off by it. Reaching out to these 'seekers', those who don't know about or don't like church in the traditional sense but are open to spirituality in their lives, is the focus of the emergent movement and guides what they do.
The chapter we read in particular talked about how people need to belong to a church group before they can be required to believe anything. We read stories of people who were invited to volleyball games or contemplative prayer services set to music. By being accepted and participating in the group, they were slowly lead to belief in Christ.
Some of you expressed interest in learning more about the whole emergent thing, so here are a couple of resources on the web:
http://www.emergentvillage.com - This site is kind of the official forum for the emergent church. There are blogs, podcasts, and other discussion forums for what is going on with the emergent church.
http://www.brianmclaren.net - This is Brian McLaren's website. It includes some articles by him and other information.
http://jacobswellchurch.org/ - Jacob's Well is a big emergent church here in KC that meets in Westport.
If you all are interested in reading more perhaps we can do some more stuff by McLaren or other authors as a book study in Sunday School or Wed. Night.
The point of all this is how can we adapt our group to meet the challenges of reaching out to our community. We had some good discussion on this Wednesday night, but I invite you all to write your own post or comment on this one with your ideas. How can Journey encourage belonging and spiritual conversation in an open environment?
I also opened with a story on NPR about a church meeting in an LA dance club. If you are interested in hearing that story, the link is here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14501673.
The chapter we read in particular talked about how people need to belong to a church group before they can be required to believe anything. We read stories of people who were invited to volleyball games or contemplative prayer services set to music. By being accepted and participating in the group, they were slowly lead to belief in Christ.
Some of you expressed interest in learning more about the whole emergent thing, so here are a couple of resources on the web:
http://www.emergentvillage.com - This site is kind of the official forum for the emergent church. There are blogs, podcasts, and other discussion forums for what is going on with the emergent church.
http://www.brianmclaren.net - This is Brian McLaren's website. It includes some articles by him and other information.
http://jacobswellchurch.org/ - Jacob's Well is a big emergent church here in KC that meets in Westport.
If you all are interested in reading more perhaps we can do some more stuff by McLaren or other authors as a book study in Sunday School or Wed. Night.
The point of all this is how can we adapt our group to meet the challenges of reaching out to our community. We had some good discussion on this Wednesday night, but I invite you all to write your own post or comment on this one with your ideas. How can Journey encourage belonging and spiritual conversation in an open environment?
I also opened with a story on NPR about a church meeting in an LA dance club. If you are interested in hearing that story, the link is here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14501673.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
New Blog!
Greetings fellow Journeyites! We talked last week about creating a blog space that we could share together as a group and I think this will work. This will be a team blog so anyone in Journey can make posts or comment on posts made by others. Posts could be about what you read in Amazing Bible Race this week, thoughts about Wednesday Night Group, how excited you are about the lock-in this October, or just what is going on in your life that you would like to share with the group.
The first thing is that you will need to be registered with the site in order to make posts or comments. It's really easy to do. All you need to do is send me an email at kyle.butler@spst.edu and I will add your email to the list of blog authors which will allow you to make posts. Once I add you to the list you will be sent an email from the site asking you to create an account, all you have to give them is your name and email, and you will be up and running. If you have any questions feel free to shoot me an email.
I will try to monitor the blog so I can be available to answer questions, post news about upcoming events, and add some entries of my own. My hope is that we can have descriptions of Wednesday Night activities, news, and discussion all located in one place. With your help this can add an exciting new dimension to our group. Feel free to send me or post any comments or suggestions so this can be the best experience possible.
The first thing is that you will need to be registered with the site in order to make posts or comments. It's really easy to do. All you need to do is send me an email at kyle.butler@spst.edu and I will add your email to the list of blog authors which will allow you to make posts. Once I add you to the list you will be sent an email from the site asking you to create an account, all you have to give them is your name and email, and you will be up and running. If you have any questions feel free to shoot me an email.
I will try to monitor the blog so I can be available to answer questions, post news about upcoming events, and add some entries of my own. My hope is that we can have descriptions of Wednesday Night activities, news, and discussion all located in one place. With your help this can add an exciting new dimension to our group. Feel free to send me or post any comments or suggestions so this can be the best experience possible.
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