Our church

Curious, but has God laid it on your heart/mind to start a business or ministry lately?
-Nom De Plume

Yeah a church. I had thought a business for awhile, especially after reading "New Way To Be Human" by Charlie Peacock (I think you would like his book and the way he does church) but I don't think it fits as well with where God seems to have positioned me. So I'm thinking more along the lines of a church, little different though in that there would be no paid staff and no building owned. I have felt that during the last year and even today I feel God is purposely not giving me vision on the project while he helps me work out what it is I believe again and I get my life vocationally in order. We have been meeting on Sunday mornings with my brother and his kids. One of us teaches the kids a lesson (currently working through Genesis) and then afterwards we all pray together and then the kids play in another room while we read a chapter of scripture together and discuss it. It has been really interesting. Some weeks we adults have learned more from the kids lesson than from our chapter of scripture. Preparing to teach a passage to the kids has stretched all of us, and I can say for myself, I've really enjoyed teaching my kids scripture myself. Its kind of like all of us are responsible for everybody else. Some weeks we call church off or reschedule if someone is sick. Twice we, all 4 adults, have run races together on Sunday morning. The absence of some traditional church things has been interesting too. I'm ready to reintroduce communion (Mental Note: I need to remember to mention that to the others). I think that would be a cool way to discuss a different aspect of our salvation and Jesus' sacrifice, communion that is. No music hasn't seemed to bother any of us. Personally I needed a break from "shiny happy people" worship. The times when we have visited churches recently the absence has made me appreciate their music more.
That's kind of the readers digest version. At some point I anticipate we will start working on trying to include others and grow. I guess we will do that when I feel like God gives me the OK and gives me the vision for it. Until then this is kind of nice!

Kurt