Business:
Greenville Drive Game - August 7
Cook out in July
Trip to the Carrick Creek trail in Table Rock State Park in the fall.
Topic:
Gayle led us today in a discussion of the book of Acts. We looked for threads that we could find that extend through the book about the holy spirit. We discussed how the apostles stayed in Jerusalem as Jesus asked. They were overcome with the holy spirit and began speaking in tongues. Peter preached a sermon and gained 3,000 new converts to the new religion.
We also examined how the early church functioned: mutual ownership of possessions, gatherings, food, and prayer. We talked about the question of how this example of the early church impacts us today.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
June 14, 2009
This morning the Forum met and discussed up coming events that are being planned: Matt has offered to host a cook out sometime in July, we will go see a Drive game, and we're considering a weekend retreat to the mountains. On June 28, we are going to meet after church at Corona's for lunch.
Next Sunday, Gayle will be leading us in a study of the the Acts of the Apostles.
Have a great week!
Next Sunday, Gayle will be leading us in a study of the the Acts of the Apostles.
Have a great week!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Sunday, June 7
This week Lindsey Tabor led our session. She had planned a lesson, but willingly put it aside when we saw a need to plan upcoming events and a direction for our group. The following are the notes that she prepared for us:
Social Functions:
1. Cookout - Possibly hosted at the Rollins' house
2. Open House Sunday - a Sunday school period spent with prospective members. We would provide breakfast, socialize, do some Q and A, and have a small discussion about the ministry needs of adults our age.
3. Greenville Drive Game - Jeremy volunteered to investigate this for a night on the weekend.
4. Barley's night - reserving some space in the upper room for pizza, pool, and libations
5. Bowling - classic idea
6. "Every-other-Sunday-Lunch" - Lindsey will send out emails, and suggest places to get together for lunch. The first one will probably be tentatively scheduled on the 21st of June.
Retreat Ideas:
1. A short camping or hiking trip w/ devotional - James has expressed interest in helping to organize
2. Lock in at a climbing gym (for when you get those midnight rock climbing cravings)
3. Elizabeth had an idea, and I forgot the specifics so Elizabeth, can you email us cuz I'm a space cadet?
Service Projects:
1. Soup Kitchen
2. GAIHN - Jen will look into finding our class a consistent time or task to help with. This could be a project which we "make our own", that we can use to engage interested members.
3. Boys and Girls Club
"Promotional Considerations"
1. Order of Worship - we should try to put our next social event, or simply a description of our class in here to draw in new people.
2. Blog - I think Jeremy was going to help set up a blog for our class. Someone can volunteer to write brief notes on our lessons every Sunday, to keep classmates in touch, and to give us more time to discuss, and learn from each other!
"Tech Stuff": - We can create a reputation for using technology to further our learning and communication
1. Facebook Page - every super cool organization has it! Amy has volunteered to create a page for our class. Interested people can friend us and we can use it to post events, describe books that we've studied, advertise our blog, and collect contact information if offered.
2. Laptop in class - We can have one available to look up information that comes up in conversation, or for other multimedia enhanced learning. (Jen do I sound like a teacher yet? hehe)
Class Identity: We brainstormed ways to make our group distinctive, and to create an identity that is true to the current members and meets the needs of people our age.
1. Flexibitlity - We offer lots of ways to be involved and to keep in touch. We recognize that folks our age are mobile, and may miss some classes. We don't pressure constant engagement, but we provide lots of opportunity.
2. "Forum" - We considered renaming ourselves from a class to a forum to reflect the structure of what we do. There's lots of discussion, and we all have the opportunity to plan lessons, and teach and be taught by each other.
3. Tech Savvy - We want to be known for using technology to enhance our connectedness, our learning, and our planning. We feel that this may be a unique way of reaching people in our age group.
4. Explorative - This was a hard concept to put into words. Our group recognizes that many our age are still in the process of forming what their faith means to them personally, or "working out your own salvation." We want to be a place where theology and the practical application of our Christian faith can be discussed with respect. We do not all have the same opinions and we find this creates a rich environment for the growth of faith. In colloquial terms: "Seekers Welcome."
Matt's List o' stuff to do: Matt volunteered to help us implement our ideas as only an "inside man" can
1. Checking our buget - particularly for our upcoming social functions
2. Providing us a list of "20 Somethings" that go to our church so we can do some outreach (there's gotta be more of us right?)
3. Checking on arranging an email address for our class through the FBC website - this will make communcation a lot easier.
4. Once we get our first event planned, Matt will get it in the order of worship
5. Matt will contact any recent college graduates in our church so we can let them know that we exist.
Conclusions:
1. Matt emphasized that we need to get cracking on summer activities. Our first social event should come pretty quickly, and we should try to get our electronic forms of communication up and running for any newly interested people
2. We should try to have one or two social or service events that are promoted to the congregation before having our open house. The open house should be in the Fall after we have moved to our new class room. We can call it our "Grand Opening"
3. Everyone is trying to take an active role in making these events and ideas a reality. Please email the class if you see something that you think you can help to plan or implement! And send an email out if a function or idea is in the works.
4. We also talked about getting our class communicating with each other more frequently. Let's start using the Blog and Facebook site as soon as they're ready to keep in touch and do updates on plans.
5. As we consider our classes' ministry, we talked about two considerations: What are the spiritual needs of people our age? What ministry can people our age offer to others in our church and community?
6. Don't forget to pray! My two cents is that people will want to join us if they see Christ's love reaching out to them. Let's make sure to keep that our focus!
Social Functions:
1. Cookout - Possibly hosted at the Rollins' house
2. Open House Sunday - a Sunday school period spent with prospective members. We would provide breakfast, socialize, do some Q and A, and have a small discussion about the ministry needs of adults our age.
3. Greenville Drive Game - Jeremy volunteered to investigate this for a night on the weekend.
4. Barley's night - reserving some space in the upper room for pizza, pool, and libations
5. Bowling - classic idea
6. "Every-other-Sunday-Lunch" - Lindsey will send out emails, and suggest places to get together for lunch. The first one will probably be tentatively scheduled on the 21st of June.
Retreat Ideas:
1. A short camping or hiking trip w/ devotional - James has expressed interest in helping to organize
2. Lock in at a climbing gym (for when you get those midnight rock climbing cravings)
3. Elizabeth had an idea, and I forgot the specifics so Elizabeth, can you email us cuz I'm a space cadet?
Service Projects:
1. Soup Kitchen
2. GAIHN - Jen will look into finding our class a consistent time or task to help with. This could be a project which we "make our own", that we can use to engage interested members.
3. Boys and Girls Club
"Promotional Considerations"
1. Order of Worship - we should try to put our next social event, or simply a description of our class in here to draw in new people.
2. Blog - I think Jeremy was going to help set up a blog for our class. Someone can volunteer to write brief notes on our lessons every Sunday, to keep classmates in touch, and to give us more time to discuss, and learn from each other!
"Tech Stuff": - We can create a reputation for using technology to further our learning and communication
1. Facebook Page - every super cool organization has it! Amy has volunteered to create a page for our class. Interested people can friend us and we can use it to post events, describe books that we've studied, advertise our blog, and collect contact information if offered.
2. Laptop in class - We can have one available to look up information that comes up in conversation, or for other multimedia enhanced learning. (Jen do I sound like a teacher yet? hehe)
Class Identity: We brainstormed ways to make our group distinctive, and to create an identity that is true to the current members and meets the needs of people our age.
1. Flexibitlity - We offer lots of ways to be involved and to keep in touch. We recognize that folks our age are mobile, and may miss some classes. We don't pressure constant engagement, but we provide lots of opportunity.
2. "Forum" - We considered renaming ourselves from a class to a forum to reflect the structure of what we do. There's lots of discussion, and we all have the opportunity to plan lessons, and teach and be taught by each other.
3. Tech Savvy - We want to be known for using technology to enhance our connectedness, our learning, and our planning. We feel that this may be a unique way of reaching people in our age group.
4. Explorative - This was a hard concept to put into words. Our group recognizes that many our age are still in the process of forming what their faith means to them personally, or "working out your own salvation." We want to be a place where theology and the practical application of our Christian faith can be discussed with respect. We do not all have the same opinions and we find this creates a rich environment for the growth of faith. In colloquial terms: "Seekers Welcome."
Matt's List o' stuff to do: Matt volunteered to help us implement our ideas as only an "inside man" can
1. Checking our buget - particularly for our upcoming social functions
2. Providing us a list of "20 Somethings" that go to our church so we can do some outreach (there's gotta be more of us right?)
3. Checking on arranging an email address for our class through the FBC website - this will make communcation a lot easier.
4. Once we get our first event planned, Matt will get it in the order of worship
5. Matt will contact any recent college graduates in our church so we can let them know that we exist.
Conclusions:
1. Matt emphasized that we need to get cracking on summer activities. Our first social event should come pretty quickly, and we should try to get our electronic forms of communication up and running for any newly interested people
2. We should try to have one or two social or service events that are promoted to the congregation before having our open house. The open house should be in the Fall after we have moved to our new class room. We can call it our "Grand Opening"
3. Everyone is trying to take an active role in making these events and ideas a reality. Please email the class if you see something that you think you can help to plan or implement! And send an email out if a function or idea is in the works.
4. We also talked about getting our class communicating with each other more frequently. Let's start using the Blog and Facebook site as soon as they're ready to keep in touch and do updates on plans.
5. As we consider our classes' ministry, we talked about two considerations: What are the spiritual needs of people our age? What ministry can people our age offer to others in our church and community?
6. Don't forget to pray! My two cents is that people will want to join us if they see Christ's love reaching out to them. Let's make sure to keep that our focus!
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