Senior Day Out Reflections

We had a senior day out at the church yesterday.  It was a ton of fun. There were new faces that I had never seen before. The food was good–the pie was GREAT (yes, I did figure out a way to get a 2nd piece)–and the music was a hoot.  Before the end of the day we had moved from bluegrass to people singing Patsy Cline.

I spent some time reflecting on the overall experience.

1.  The need to age specific outreach is as VITAL today as ever before.  It might take candles, volleyball, playstation, acoustic music, or really loud music to reach certain generations.  There is also a need for *gulp* bluegrass.

2.  Contrary to what I have heard ESBC is NOT a country church.  However, there ARE those that are country within the church.

3.  Good hearted laughter and fun IS part of being the church.

4.  A big part of our job is finding more opportunities to create environments where intersections can take place.  The senior adults hit a home run with this particular experience.

5.  We have some people in this church that can COOK!  That one wasn’t very spiritual…but I’m just making observations.

6.  There is a lot we can learn from each other.  The younger generation can learn a lot by watching the way that the seniors were able to balance the work that goes in to organizing with being relational and having a good time together.  It does make me wonder though—are there things that the older generations could learn by watching the way that college students interact?

 

A church family is a beautiful thing.  Yesterday was a great day.  I think its time for another piece of pie and then a nap!

Dry Tears

Senior Day Out is next Tuesday!

Hands up

On Saturday night we had the return of our Saturday night services.  I really missed that time.  It is different than a Sunday morning.  Not better or worse—just different.  There were quite a few young people in the group.  I asked a question, “How many of you want to EVENTUALLY get married?”  Almost every hand went up.  I followed up the question with another…”If I told you that getting a handle on ONE area of your life would increase the percentages of you staying married through at least the first 7 years by 90%—-how many of you would want to conquer that area NOW?”  Again, hands went up.

 

On Sunday morning I changed the question, “How many of you know someone that has had huge adversity in their life due to a lack of control in their personal finances?”  Guess what?  Every hand was up.

 

Dave Ramsey has been bringing us fantastic teaching the area of finance.  You know what excites me most about this series?  Not the knowledge but the application.  If we, as believers, begin to apply what we are being taught then our ability to bless our community will GREATLY increase.  I can’t wait to see what this next week holds.