Ozzie and Harriet don't live here anymore

Today everyone’s radar is on high beam.  Parents are taking their kids everywhere.  No un-supervised play times. One way conversations from adults to children. Scared children, parents and grandparents.  Many tears.  BUT, give it time.  Some of us will back down off of our protectionism.  The kids will given a little more space.  Then somewhere, the cycle will be repeated.

Here is a link to a website that will let you give your address and see how many “known” sex offenders and predators live near you.  <PREDATORS> . (When the page comes up click on the offender search button.). Take a look and then remember the awesome privilege you have of raising and protecting your children.  They are a gift from God.

“The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them.  The disciples shooed them off.  But Jesus was irate and let them know it: ‘Don’t push these children away.  Don’t ever get between them and me.  These children are at the very center of life in the kingdom.  Mark this: Unless you acept God’s kingdom in the simplicity of a child you’ll never get in.’  Then gathering the children up in his arms, he laid his hands of blessing on them.”   Mark 10:13-16

 

Playing church, being the church, part 2

I received some great feedback on my post of September 2nd, Playing church, being the church.  Most comments were not posted to blog, but were commented on via Facebook, via e-mail, or in person.  Many shared the challenge of being active in a church that says they are or wants to be missional BUT in practice are not. There church ends up doing shout outs to the world saying “yall come, you’ll love it here, look what we do here, we have good things going on here”.

One church has caught the vision of being in community. This Saturday Chet’s Creek Church is having an Impact Jacksonville day.

On this day members of Chets will spread out over northeast Florida in twelve teams to help organizations that provide critical services to people in our communities.  From giving hugs to kids, sorting food, yard work, light repairs of facilities, to sharing time and words with battered women, these teams will be sharing the love of Christ as they dissolve and seap into the lives, and hearts of people.  Something that is cool about this effort, is that it is not a one time event, but and effort to bring attention and enlist other believers intothe ongoing ministry partnerships this church has with other groups to impact the kingdom.

So this weekend when you “go to church” ask yourself this question: are we playing church more than being the church?

 

Great tune I heard at worship today….

 

Tweeter in Jacksonville churches

Twice in the past month I’ve blogged about Tweeter in churches.  Is there a use for churches on May 3rd, then on May 25th some info about a few churches that are using Tweeter around the country.  Here is a link to an article in the Florida Times Union that talks about Tweeter in some Jacksonville churches.

There’s still a major division of opinions, from ““God has something to say to you today … but he won’t be calling your cell phone. Please silence your cell phones and other devices.” to “It’s just a different way of distributing the gospel, basically.”

Close your eyes, bow your heads, start tweeting?

 

Things that make you go hummmmmmmm

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Hummmmm, you decide.

 

New Home

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Moving Over

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stethoscope

 

Drama

The Walkers have had a lot of drama lately, and hopefully things are returning to normal.

Blogging is now returning.

 

Happy New Years