Stuff Talked About in Our Meeting
April 7, 2009
For this post, I’ll just post the general discussion, and then in posts to follow, will go in a bit deeper about the things we discussed.
About existing ministries
A welcoming community of service at University UMC – passion driven, welcoming of people and their gifts and questions. Focused on becoming vs inviting
Seattle “Quest” community in coffee shop
Issues
How can we affirm peoples journey
And recognize what everyone brings to the journey
Tech and community
Pod casts,
Service – linking spirituality with action
essential relationship
places to make meaningful action,
Culture of “Church” vs Culture of spirit movement
Contrast with larger cultural values
Possibilities
Going out and engaging people, being in conversation
Being and modeling
Involving and surveying
One person at a time
Spiritual Praxis community (center) – opportunities for linking compassionate action and spiritual reflection and community (Taize community, Iona covenant community, A Simple Way)
OC spiritual praxis center
A practicing community – Not a programmatic “retreat center”
A place where a person can come for a day, weekend, week or months
To engage the broken community,
Heal the wounded
Listen, celebrate the gifts….
A singing, praying, serving community
An opportunity to be part of a community that shares
Common commitments, support, service,
