This past weekend we launched a new semester of Connect Groups. Our Connect Group Fair was a total success and had a great buzz and feel to it. Our gym was packed with CG leaders and people checking things out. Met lots of new people God is bringing into our church.
Two things that have really been working for us is going to a semester format and having "fairs" or launch date celebrations. We have done this same thing with our Volunteer Team in the spring and it worked really well then, too.
If our destiny is found in connections than of course the enemy will work hard to keep us disconnected. I think some of the greatest spiritual warfare in life is over our connections - i.e. relationships. He stirs up vain imaginations which eventually turn into broken relationships.
Life is better together.
ECC 4:9 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.
ECC 4:10 For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.
ECC 4:11 Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?
ECC 4:12 And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.
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Staying is the operative word.
I love meeting new people- adding diversity to my connections. Maintenance, however has never been my strong point...
If you don't do the upkeep, the connections get weak- so, my goal for the near future, is to pour more into my relationships.
I want to create overflow - to be a source of consistent affirmation and inspiration.
How appropriate the definition of Stay is...to abide, live, dwell...to hold up and to stand firm.
Posted on October 25, 2007 at 12:03 AM
it's like how there's two bars when you buy a twix...
(mmm... twix...)
Posted on October 25, 2007 at 12:55 PM