It's different ...

....numbers are the same but it's different!

We've met three times since I last blogged. I was concerned that meeting weekly would just be another programme until Andrea commented on the last blog. Meeting weekly is actually what is wanted. Two weeks ago there was no Childrens' club in the Saturday morning because some of the leaders were away and the parents were disappointed they couldn't meet. The same scenario will happen this coming Saturday! So i'm now more content to meet weekly.

So what has changed? The relationships have changed. I think they've deepened. There's an honesty and real depth in our conversations. One parent has taken the initiative and planned the cards we're going to make and sourced all the stuff we need to do that. So my role has changed too. I don't see myself as a leader more of an enabler or facilitator or is that just too postmodern?

A community has been created, we're having fun, we're enjoying breakfast, we're doing something creative. The discussions have focussed around the pressures of family life and already talk is of Christmas (no surprise since we're making Christmas cards). So there'll will be plenty to explore over the coming weeks.

Being incarnational is what this is about. God is a sending God. God sent Jesus and in the same way we are sent into our communities to be relevant, to listen, to join people on their faith journey .....