On one hand it felt like we had a just bit too much going on. So maybe we will scale back a bit next year. One the other hand our church community was really blessed by our Seder dinner. Many of our faith community as well as some who were not made good use of our labyrinth and other spiritual practices during the week. One of the few people who came out to the Passion of the Christ showing stuck around after to thank me personally for making it available.Two of our six grade boys decided to fast on Good Friday with the rest of the faith community. Our Good Friday worship was the first experience for a church shopping family who returned for the Easter Egg hunt and Easter worship. We met many people from the community Easter egg hunt, including some residents of Eastown who thanks me for our work in the community and another who asked how we could get others churches to be as involved. We had great participation in worship on resurrection Sunday with God’s vision for us reflected in those who were present all ages, races, social backgrounds and faith expressions.
So all in all it was a time of connecting and deepening spiritual activity. So maybe we won’t change anything. uh-oh maybe this is how traditions are born
Talk about trading up look at what that means on this blog oneredpaperclip
My name is Kyle MacDonald and I am trying to trade one red paper clip for a house. I started with one red paper clip on July 12th, 2005 and I am making a series of trades for bigger or better things. My current item up for trade is one year in Phoenix. Do you want one year of FREE rent in Phoenix? Pop your offer over to me at (oneredpaperclip@gmail.com) or give me a shout at 514-833-3980. You can see the current offers here. I live in Montreal Canada but will go anywhere in the world for the right offer. - (click on the pictures below to read stories about each trade I’ve made so far.)
a greenhouse church is one which strikes a balance between the "organizational" model of the garage and the "organic" model of the meadow. the following marks are the foundation of a plan for spiritual formation within a greenhouse church:
organic beginnings for each formation group/community (LIFEGroup)
united sense of the desired outcome (spiritual formation/christlikeness)
guiding principles which promote healthy growth (formative, caring, missional)
regular communication and evaluation (life-support/coaches and self-evaluation)
flexibility (recognizing that every group is different) 6) reproduction (launching groups from groups)
Now we don’t need anymore labels for church but I feel some real connection to what he is describing especially the part about the balance between organic and organizational. Maybe that is what Mosaic Life is becoming.
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