The New Ministry Team!

I was having a conversation with someone today and we were discussing how we have these "members" of our church who we have lost touch with - we have no address or phone number.

This person suggested that we need a system, perhaps an assimilation/desimmilation team that follows up on people every few months to find out what is happening with them.

I said, "We already have that system. It's called Sunday School. We have even broken up the list of names into smaller groups so one person does not have to followup on everyone. We just don't use the system well."

It was just a reminder to me that we need to do Sunday School better. me too.

I have another thought on the "Membership Rolls" but I will save that for another blog. You know I said I was bad at this, and this is twice this week already... I am exhausted!

Provoked

pro·voke /prəˈvoʊk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pruh-vohk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used with object), -voked, -vok·ing.

1.	to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.

2.	to stir up, arouse, or call forth (feelings, desires, or activity): The mishap provoked a hearty laugh.

3.	to incite or stimulate (a person, animal, etc.) to action.

4.	to give rise to, induce, or bring about: What could have provoked such an incident?

5.	Obsolete. to summon.

I have been provoked (see definition #2, I am not angry!) to consider Josh Hunt's "You can double your class in two years or less" once again.

www.joshhunt.com


I am committed to working a plan to reach more people and make my Sunday School class worth more than just "us four and no more."

I am becoming so provoked (see # 2 again) that I am beginning to think that we could double our church in 5 years or less. (another one of Josh's books)

I'm just thinking out loud.

Fiddler on the roof - If I were a rich man (with subtitles)

I had to find out if this was out there. Enjoy!

Here we go again... If I were a rich man!

Okay. I am really bad at this blogging thing, although I really want to be good at it.
I am making a new year's resolution to write here at least twice a week.

Today is a new day.

I am thinking about the concept of "rich"
I love the musical "Fiddler on the Roof". I want to, like Tevye, be a rich man and all day long I too would da da da da da da daaaaaa!

I just listened to Andy Stanley's Sunday sermon and he says that nobody says they are rich. Even the rich think that it is those with more than them that are rich.
We are rich.
We live in houses. (Andy says "We even have houses for our cars!")
We have food.
We have cars.
We plan for what to do with our money that is left over after we die.
We are rich.
Andy is doing a sermon series on how to be rich. Not how to get rich, but how to be rich.
I have a sneaking suspicion that he is talking to all of us in America.

Monetary riches are good. We also have all those other riches. Some of those money cannot buy.
I like the riches I have in family. in faith. in church.

Paul prays for other riches for people....
16 [I pray] that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, Eph 3:16 (HCSB)

19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:19 (HCSB)

18 [I pray] that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints, Eph 1:18 (HCSB)

I pray that these "riches of His glory" be yours today.

Hopefully I will write again before January!