Thursday

To Lynn: At one of the workshops, the leader polled the audience and all but one of us were from churches that had less than 150 in church on Sunday. Many of the attendees are from very small churches so, many of the follow-up questions are geared to churches more like ours.

To Sharon: Transformation is the most frequently used word/concept here. I also think the greatest message that I have heard is that the ministry of St. Matthew’s is not my ministry, but our ministry and my job should be about empowering and equipping the saints. The other comment is that although it is easier for me to “do it” whatever “it” is. It is better to invest my time in training other folks, which takes more time, rather than spending my time doing “it.” Fortunately, St. Matthew’s, more than any other church I have served, is ready and willing to accept this challenge!

Thanks for reading the blog. Dinner is recently over and the football game is about to come on, but I will try and get more summaries of the “secrets” published. BTW – the secrets for today If I don’t complete them on time were “Transformational Mission,” and “Transformational Community.”

Our opening worship today was from an emergent community. Don’t ask me what that means!