Community

Our small group met last night and, in the midst of watching the primary results, came to the consensus that we prefer to call ourselves a community group instead of a small group. The term "community" reflects more of a way of being together. We had a few minutes of conversation around the identity of our community and arrived at the following:

• Our priority is on building relationships and providing support to each other.


• We value time spent in discussion in a more organic manner vs. programming.


• We seek ministry projects to pursue separately and together.


• We want music and other forms of expression.


• We want our discussions to be guided by questions that come from our community.


• We want to rotate the leadership of the discussions.


• We want to pursue the purpose of prayer in our community.


• We want each person to check in periodically when we meet so we can be more transparent with each other.


• We love the evenings that are just for fun.


• We'll always find ourselves around a dinner table and enjoying good food.

We tossed around exploring books like the one I have mentioned in previous posts, Pagan Christianity. I also threw out the thought of discussing the similarities and differences between a Christian and a disciple as mentioned in this blog under the second point. We talked about discussing our views of the Holy Spirit. It was also mentioned that we need think about how we could be intentional about reaching out to those who visit our group.

The next time we meet will be on March 18th. We are going to dinner and then to Via Crucis. I highly encourage you to visit this immersion into the stories of the Stations of the Cross. It allows each individual to experience the stories again in their own way. You are welcome to join us or check the schedule and go when you can.