“Adapting to Current Needs”

May 2, 2010 Acts 6:1-8   Play AUDIO (mp3)  Play VIDEO (320x240 wmv, 218 kbps)

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

•    How much help would you say is okay for a faith group to expect from the community at large?

HALLMARKS OF THE EARLY CHURCH VS ‘THE SYSTEM’

•    how has your experience of LWCF resembled that of the early church?
•    in what ways are we as a congregation in danger of becoming barnacle-ized by our traditions?
•    how do you struggle in your life with the temptation to become hypocritical or ‘comfortable’?

RESPONSIVE, YET ROOTED / “REMAINING”

•    has there been a time when you got so ‘busy’ socially that your ‘remaining in Christ’ suffered? What did you do to correct this?

FROM ATTRACTIONAL TO MISSIONAL

•    why does Hugh Halter feel the attractional model of church is less relevant in today’s culture?

WHO’S YOUR ‘FIONA’?

•    have you had any conversations with people like Fiona in which God helped you explain your faith in a fresh way?