REVEAL/Follow Me:
Where Are We? What's Next For Us?
Sunday Nights in the Sanctuary.
March 14th and 21st from
6:30 - 8:00pm
While this began as a discussion for leaders only (a COM
gathering), it became apparent that the followers had every
right to know what's going on. So we're just inviting
everyone. We've asked our small group leaders to suspend
their activities till after March 21st. Our next
sermon-based series will not begin until April 18th -
so there's plenty of time for a break, or potluck, or service
projects.
March
14 - REVEAL: Where are we?
No we're
not going to share the sins of all our members, . well, I guess
it depends on who attends or not!!! Just teasing, .kinda!
Over the
past several years 157,000 church goers from over 500 different
churches of all denominations and sizes were interviewed.
Among
the many discoveries was something called the "Spiritual
Continuum", which has enormous implications for how we do
church. Also some common themes surfaced as to things we
believe strongly about and just how successful we are at meeting
those needs. We are going to learn some of the key "catalysts"
to growth in a church.
The
ultimate goal for us and any church is to move people forward in
their spiritual journey from even stagnation to real
transformation. This'll lead us to, sort of, an Easter result .
. . for believers.
Many of
the discoveries are very helpful, some are very disturbing, but
this discussion should help Salem to become a better "Jesus"
honoring kind of community. We'll spend some time going over
some of the valuable information we collected from the church
this summer as well.
March 21
- FOLLOW ME: What's next for us?
Then we're going to follow up the above discussion with a look
at what drives and what derails spiritual growth. And you
might be interested to see in greater detail what is more
important, and what becomes less important to people as they
continue to grow spiritually. Finally, we'll do a little
brainstorming together to figure out how we can help more people
to grow more deeply in their faith walk. We'll also take a look
at some of Salem's weaknesses and how we can do a better job
with the resources God has given to us.
You will
need a notebook, if you are coming. Because there isn't anyway
that you are going to be able write down everything you're going
to learn.
Come for the presentation, come for the dialogue, members and
non-members are welcome. But please sign up by Monday March
8th. There will be notes for this so you'll need to sign up in
advance.
SIGN UP HERE
