• ESTABLISH men in their devotion to Christ.
• EVOKE the passionate worship of God.
• EQUIP men to use their Spirit-imparted
gifts.
•ENGAGE the world with the Gospel.
As a part of this, the men's ministry team was of the conviction that part of accomplishing the above aims necessitated a time for men to get together and consider topics germane to their lives specifically in light of the Scriptures. It was the BFB (Brown Food Breakfasts) which was going to serve as the primary means for that purpose. We do not intend to stay there however. In the next several weeks you'll be hearing of additional opportunities for accountability and discipleship in smaller settings.
In the meantime, we had planned on having the BFBs once a month, on the 4th week of every month.
The advantages of this are:
- Greater continuity and recall of the previous discussion as one BFB built upon another.
- Remember what was taught the time before.
- Maintain the momentum of such a great turn-out and impactful time together.
- A well-known small group writer once said that life-changing relationships are those which are frequent, long-term, and vulnerable. We felt that, at least initially, that a monthly meeting was the best way to get this philosophy rolling.
- Men in our church are very busy and Saturdays are highly valued times with family.
- Taking one Saturday morning every off from family once every four (4) weeks is too often.
- Spreading out the meeting frequency would give serves and hosts some more down time between meetings.
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Once a month is fine with me, but maybe we could alternate between houses each time to relieve the burden on the hosts.
Joe P.
monthly seems reasonable to me too. you could also somehow combine it with the Mexico trip?
Perhaps when I start having kids, it'll be natural for me to wake up early enough to meet up with you guys :)
Let God's will be done.
I will show up as often as the meetings are held. But since I have a vote, I would cast my vote for once every other month (odd months/even months). I think we should definitely rotate the host. I will sign up to be a host.
My vote is for once a month. Between Mexico Trip and the holidays I think there will be enough breaks for hosts. My main reason is just to "not give up meeting together" as men. If it were every other I think if you miss one it will be 3 months between meeting. That said I like this approach and I think we should do what works for most. - Jonathan H.
Given a choice, every other month seems more doable. I often travel during the week and Saturday a.m. is recovery time. I'm not sure how often I can do Saturday a.m.'s but I'll do my best.
Sorry guys, I need to change my blogger name to "Mike" I guess...
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