Best meeting to date!
Everyone I talked to about our meeting last Saturday felt energized and eager to work out what it means to live out Circle of Hope’s call for 2012. Over 60 of us were sharing home baked goods and direct trade coffee to “imagine the future from 2007″ Frankford. Jen & Aaron (from 19G) lovingly volunteered to care for our kids with some help from some older kids.
Since Nic Justice shared a few photos, I’ll offer a brief recap. The fuller notes are still to come.
We began in gratitude for what God has already done, and celebrated memories we had. Some of our brainstorms were comments on an earlier post, some were high points, some sobering. Vanessa, Jenna, and Martha arranged a prayerful timeline that we silently walked around to consider.
We discussed the financial realities of trying to do something so ambitious with fervor and a desire to talk to our friends about our money and what God might do through us with it when we share.
We reaffirmed that our church is healthiest when we have healthy, growing cells and deepening, open Public Meetings. That is our main work. Beyond those, we had a lot of specific ideas as to what we could do this year. We even organized them (see BJ in the pic above) and applauded many generous professions of how people would contribute, serve, and lead.
What were some of your impressions from the meeting?
