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dave miers dot com » Jesus Life Culture Design #5 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:09:26 +0000

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By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:26:35 +0000

@ Scott – let me post about that, good question!
@ Kenny – I love that idea – constant energy rule!
@ Lane – we’re beta testing it, then it’ll come out in late 2008 I think?

By: lane

lane — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:48:09 +0000

curious about the curriculum you mentioned. is that something thats out now?

By: Kenny

Kenny — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:23:13 +0000

I have noticed, now that I am in my 7th year at the same church, that sometimes what was perfect 2-3 years ago, isn’t working the best now and you have to make a medium to large change…Then in 2-5 years, I bet that won’t work and you end up doing something similar to what is going on now…I call it the constant energy rule.

Every time something changes and is new, new energy gets put into it, keeping your energy level at a constant push forward.

By: Andy Lawrenson

Andy Lawrenson — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:06:35 +0000

Don’t you just love the adventure that change brings? Sounds great!

We are changing up right now. We used to do small groups in homes on Sunday afternoons. No growth basically, same kids. Our Mid-Week youth group kept butting heads with school activities.
We moved, a couple of weeks ago, our youth group meeting to Sunday evening, we have had more students at that than we did in small groups. We are incorporating small group time into the youth group meeting.
My prayer is that some small groups kick off spontaneously in the fall in some homes on different week nights giving students and option.

By: Scott Bloyer

Scott Bloyer — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:35:58 +0000

Why the format change? What was the thought process behind being in the building compared to homes? Just interested.