Where?

Beckie's question (27 Sept) is a good one - where will it be? The tricky thing here, is that I've no idea yet. What I want to do is to see if we can look at leadership differently for this experiment. Consequently, it's the people who will decide where and when we meet...exciting! If I had my way, I'd like to meet in Starbucks, but only because it sets the scene. They enculturate this idea of the 'The Way I See It' and it's on their paper cups. I want us to discover and share the way we see God and what he might be calling us to rather than me dictate my own ideas. I'll post my aims later for the experiment, but for now I'm trying to hold this very loosely.

The advert is also going into the local village magazine which is widely read. I still think I won't get anyone like this, but I'll give it a go. I'll start to ask people directly from now on.

So where do I find these searchers? Not sure. My feeling is to keep on keeping on. It feels right to pursue this line even though my head tells me that in less than two months we need to be up and running and it's not looking likely. So what I've done is put up an ad in my beloved library. The library is one of those central meeting points in the village. Mums and Dads come in with or without their children. Old and young pop in and there's free coffee and tea on a Friday afternoon. It's a focal point for the community... The library manager will look at my ad tomorrow to see if it's suitable and hopefully put it up. Am I being faithful to scripture here? Well, Paul goes into the market place and engages with the locals who on the face of it seem to be strangers. He adapts his message accordingly by reasoning with the Stoics and Epicureans. More importantly perhaps, he engages with the culture of those he wants to reach...so into the library I go! Provided it's legal and not immoral, I'll do whatever it takes to see if I can get a few intrepid souls to give this a go. My concern is that people will think it's a process evangelism course and will givbe it a very wide birth.