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Thursday, April 26, 2007
House Church Update
So I made a New Year’s resolution this year. I decided it was time to fish or cut bait on the simple church/organic church/house church thing. That is, either get out there and do it, or quit bitching about the situation at First UMC of Land O’Lakes.
And we are now almost a third of the way through the year. I’m still attending First UMC, still attending my Sunday school class, still active in the music ministry, and even done a bit of writing for a dramatic production (which I will also be acting in). And...I’ve stopped bitching. This is a very good first step.
But it doesn't mean I'm moving on from the house church idea. Been doing a lot of studying. I’ve finished about half my house church reading list. (Organic Church by Neil Cole was exceptional.) So the passion for something different hasn’t subsided. I think the summer might be a good time to give it a try.
The biggest obstacle will be in getting other people to try it with me. Because a house church with just me is not a church. It’s just me. Which means meeting people. And meeting people scares the pants off me. And starting a church with Sponge Bob No-Pants is not likely to generate a lot of interest in the community.
Well, actually it might. Just not the kind of interest I'm interested in. :)
And we are now almost a third of the way through the year. I’m still attending First UMC, still attending my Sunday school class, still active in the music ministry, and even done a bit of writing for a dramatic production (which I will also be acting in). And...I’ve stopped bitching. This is a very good first step.
But it doesn't mean I'm moving on from the house church idea. Been doing a lot of studying. I’ve finished about half my house church reading list. (Organic Church by Neil Cole was exceptional.) So the passion for something different hasn’t subsided. I think the summer might be a good time to give it a try.
The biggest obstacle will be in getting other people to try it with me. Because a house church with just me is not a church. It’s just me. Which means meeting people. And meeting people scares the pants off me. And starting a church with Sponge Bob No-Pants is not likely to generate a lot of interest in the community.
Well, actually it might. Just not the kind of interest I'm interested in. :)
Labels: house church, organic church, simple church
