Wrap Up Discussion - Year One

We wrapped up our first year working through various topics together. Here are the notes:

First Year Topics

• Neighbors
• Technology
• Race
• Peace
• Economy
• Guns

Possible Future Topics

• Use of Scripture: Old vs New
• (promises, privileges, community, assumptions)
• Language in scripture (i.e. figurative language)
• Certainty vs Mystery (relationship to personality type)
• Dying and dying well
• Simplicity
• Food/Health & church/community
• Human sexuality
• Abortion/Family Planning

Successes:

• Connections
• Mindfulness
• “Conversion”
• Topical Overlaps
• “God saturation”
• Organic Nature
• Time constraints: focus
• Agreements list
• Respectful listening
• Disagreements
• Not needing to be right

Cautions:

• Certainty vs Mystery: Perspectives
• “tough” topics
• Remembering our agreements
• Absolutes?

Struggles:

• Time Constraints (9:30-10:20)
• Communication with larger church
• Facilitation vs leadership

 Books Mentioned This Morning:

• Streams of Living Water, Richard Foster
• Body Politics, Yoder