So last weekend a group of us young ones from the church went camping for the weekend at Hicks Lake (near Harrison). I had a really really great time, and laughed a lot more than I ever thought I would.
I feel really lucky to be part of this group of young people in the church. We all get along so well, and many of us have known each other for a very long time, but are still able to receive and welcome new faces (which for us, like any tight group of people, still takes conscious efforts). This weekend I felt like the group of people that camped together functioned much like a fun, healthy family...a family within the larger church family. I am excited to spend many more days with this smaller family in the future, and even more excited to see how we can be challenged to open ourselves up even more to the larger church family, and allow ourselves to be known and loved by the larger body.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Welcome Here!
Welcome here! A few years ago we had a website dedicated to our young adults group that I maintained, but after collecting some dust, so to speak, the website was deleted, and there really hasn't been a technological way for people to have a peek into what sort of fellowship, community building, and faith building we've been able to do with our young adults group.
I went back and forth trying to decide whether this would be a good idea to make this blog happen or not, and decided that it's worth a shot.
I guess the big questions to ask are: Will investing time into this bring the kingdom closer, or push us further away? Will this ultimately grow us closer to other people surrounding us, or make it easier for people at South Langley Church to just read about what's been going down and feel "connected" to the young adults because they've read about it online? Or could this end up being a way that the young adults can be heard more and result in better, authentic, real life connection with the rest of the church, and with those who stumble upon the church website, and ultimately this website?
So this blog will be an experiment, to start. That being said, I'll let you know where my mind is at with our group of young people. I am really excited that I can call all these wonderful people my friends, and am praying for this period of rest that we're in right now, just trying to feel out how to really connect with the whole church to be a fruit-bearing branch, rather than a dead and broken one. I know it is going to take patience to see what God's plan is for us as a group of people (if there is a plan for us collectively, that is), and am spending lots of time praying for all the individuals in this group. Will you join me?
I went back and forth trying to decide whether this would be a good idea to make this blog happen or not, and decided that it's worth a shot.
I guess the big questions to ask are: Will investing time into this bring the kingdom closer, or push us further away? Will this ultimately grow us closer to other people surrounding us, or make it easier for people at South Langley Church to just read about what's been going down and feel "connected" to the young adults because they've read about it online? Or could this end up being a way that the young adults can be heard more and result in better, authentic, real life connection with the rest of the church, and with those who stumble upon the church website, and ultimately this website?
So this blog will be an experiment, to start. That being said, I'll let you know where my mind is at with our group of young people. I am really excited that I can call all these wonderful people my friends, and am praying for this period of rest that we're in right now, just trying to feel out how to really connect with the whole church to be a fruit-bearing branch, rather than a dead and broken one. I know it is going to take patience to see what God's plan is for us as a group of people (if there is a plan for us collectively, that is), and am spending lots of time praying for all the individuals in this group. Will you join me?
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