tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14944058.post116001857073661603..comments2023-07-27T07:13:45.865-07:00Comments on For His Glory: The Gathered Church - Pt 2Bluegrass Endurancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370596191365528849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14944058.post-1160514856095871062006-10-10T14:14:00.000-07:002006-10-10T14:14:00.000-07:00Kristie:Thanks for your commentsActually Dave is a...Kristie:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments<BR/><BR/>Actually Dave is a good friend of mine and a member of the church I attend so we converse on this stuff often. <BR/><BR/>As far as ministry goes, most of what I write is me working through what appears to be the most biblical model of church. I am the Assoc. Pastor/Elder at our church so I am talking to the Senior Pastor about these issues often. What direction our church will go and how we get there is still to be seen but these things take much prayer and conversation. <BR/><BR/>I have had a concern for some time, way before I heard of the term family-integrated, that the church was becoming more and more segregated by age. I realize that it is not easy to make the change and it is deffintly going against the grain as far as most churches go. There are many questions that need to be asked when moving a church to a more integrated model but we do need to ask those questions and then act on the answers.<BR/><BR/>Again, thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Grace and Peace,Bluegrass Endurancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370596191365528849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14944058.post-1160513072213324132006-10-10T13:44:00.000-07:002006-10-10T13:44:00.000-07:00I found your site via Rev's. We'll see how he resp...I found your site via Rev's. We'll see how he responds to our comments to his post!<BR/><BR/>I liked this post you wrote because our church is working through the same issues. I'll have to have my husband take a look, since as an Elder he is part of shaping how things will be looking. <BR/><BR/>But we have tried a "model" that we called Dads and teens for a youth type model. That lasted for several years, and has faded so that we need to think of something else. I think a problem was getting dads there, and how to have them participate. Like game time....many of these dads have bad knees. (lololol)Also it was hard if a kid didn't have a dad, or had a dad that was too tired to come. It made it awkward. Still there was the reluctance to let the high school students have a crack at leadership....but I think our elders now realize this is how deep the bench (to use a sporting term) is in terms of developing leaders for the church in the future. The depth of the bench starts in high school and even junior high. (okay, the nursery!)<BR/><BR/>We are committed to multi-generations in our local church (I hope to blog about this from a woman's persective soon!), but there is a need for people in their particular age group get together. I think it is a norm for our culture to be segregated by age--look at the public school system. Our culture spends a good many hours there every year...it is part of our DNA.<BR/><BR/>Having homeschooled for many years, and now my oldest in is public high school for the first time....I really see this. She enjoys the company of older women in the church, but there is still a need to be with girls and guys her age. It will happen at school. Will it happen in the church in a healthy and edifying way? How can it work? I can see how an on-fire Christ exalting youth ministry could have a huge impact. My daughter would probably love to invite friends from school if it was authentic and welcoming and Biblical. She has heard alot about other people's youth groups...and it is anything but that. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Well, I've babbled enough. Thanks for your thoughts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11086381298726423002noreply@blogger.com