Young members

My Godly thought will now be from my reading of The Shaping of Things to Come - innovation and mission for the 21st century church. This book is written by Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch the founders of FORGE an Australian emerging church network.

a Jesus thought...
The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon! (Luke 24:34)

a Godly thought...
Mission is not merely an activity of the church. It is the very heartbeat and work of God. (p18 Frost & Hirsch)

a leading thought...
When leaders lose the passion to contribute to their organisation and begin to focus instead on what they can receive from it they are no longer leaders, but rather consumers. (p236 Blackaby)

a Dave thought...
I have an affiliation with a local golf club which I have been a part of for the last 7 years. Over this time I have discovered the remarkable similarities between the two most sacred institutions in society - golf clubs and churches! Our club has a dilemma as we have no room to expand our facility and there were issues with water and the quality of our fairways. The board in response to this came up with visionary move to sell up and shift further out of town.

Although I had no doubt this was the right move I also knew from chatting with various members that it was not going to get voted in. You see the majority of members are over 50 years of age and many are not interested in change and cannot see a preferred future. On the other hand guys like myself under 50 voted the new proposal in but there were not enough of us to win. So the old club remains old and is now officially declining as younger members move on to newer more vibrant clubs that cater better for the future game.

It is interesting how, even though we don't have a democratic system in the salvos, a similar underlying current still often occurs in our decision making.

Just a thought.