Tuesday night comments and thanks

Hi folks:

Thanks for being there for the first "Deeper Relationships" gathering.
Over 20 people showed.

(We need your input-see below.)

One of the concerns was food. You guys did awesome! Kudos for the
great vittles.

Thank you Jannette, Randy and Matt for the worship. We all agreed that
somewhere about halfway through the second song, God manifested His
presence in a wonderful way. And as I overheard the praying for one
another, I was encouraged and hope you were. We had people who are
just vying for something greater than getting together.

My prayer has been that there would be a "stickiness" of God
manifested in this Tuesday meeting where it would be harder to not be
there,

Some thoughts.

Many of us came hungry and thirsty for the Lord to show up. One of my
hopes out of Tuesday night is that we will want to show up and we will
want to be part of the process. Remember we are trying to break away
from the "go to church and get something and go home home" mode. We
want to be used by God with our brothers and sisters and then bring it
to the communities we live in. If not the gathering will be peter out.
So, please don't just come expecting, but come with a willingness to
give. Most of us have said we want a "safe" place to bring friends. If
it is the same old, it will never work.

Deeper relationships has a 2 level meaning. It signifies how close we
get to God but it also has an implication that we build relationships
with one another. It is a biblical statement that we do not forsake
the gathering of the brethren. Often really good for getting people to
church, but how about during the week. So many of us have busy
schedules, but if we do not "sacrifice" for one another what happens?
Experience tells me children walk away from the Lord, marriages
weaken, sickness increases and finances lack if we do not figure these
things out. (Each one of those is provable in scripture.) We must not
wrongly discern the body of Christ. (1 Cor. 11-Isn't it possible it is
more meaningful than "communion?") If we don"t figure out some way of
being in communication with one another other than Tuesday night,
Tuesday night will probably be rendered meaningless. at some point.
Get together with someone you met last night.

One of the biggest complaints of children in the church is that they
do not think we walk out our Christianity. They often sense hypocrisy.
The greatest 2 commandments were love God and love thy neighbor. I
feel that we must get this right in the case of loving one another. In
the case of the children, they need to know the love of adults. It
provides safety and comfort for them. We want more relationship with
God. Each day I meet with people of God for the purpose of building
bridges and strengthening relationships. People want to see real
relationships.

What would our communities look like if we began to reach out for
relationships?

Prayer-please keep LuAnn in prayer as she spent a lot of time in the
hospital over what appeared to be heart related. (The reason her and
Jim weren't there.)

You can post your response on the blog, or write or call Tina and I,
but input is good for us.

Thanks!

Blessings,

Lee & Tina

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