Posted in PorchLife, PorchEvents on December 17th, 2006 No Comments »
[ December 7, 2006; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. December 16, 2006; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Here are my notes from our planning meetings for next quarter. Don’t hesitate to talk with any of us to get more insight. Bottomline for most of us is that The Porch is something that is satisfying something very deep in many of us - even if we cannot entirely tell why; that we are being […]
Posted in PorchLife on December 8th, 2006 1 Comment »
Why do we do things the way we do at The Porch? Why do we think of it as something different than just another church service? If we wanted to make another “instance” of The Porch, what would you have to know?
I believe there are several core principles that have guided us and help us think about what the […]
Posted in PorchLife on November 13th, 2006 1 Comment »
One of the goals of The Porch is to build community: community with God, community with each other, community outside ourselves. Community involves all of us serving together, contributing, leading, pitching in. Part of this involves helping the Saturday night gatherings to come together. If we all do a little, then no one has to […]
Posted in PorchLife on November 7th, 2006 2 Comments »
We have finished two weeks! This next Saturday (11/11), there will be another group of people gone - the SALT youth leaders’ retreat is that dat. After that, things should be smoother (just the usual interruptions for the holidays).
We have not done any publicity yet for The Porch. A few announcements and a blurb in […]
Posted in PorchLife on October 30th, 2006 1 Comment »
Well, after finally getting to see and experience the Porch for the first time, I am encouraged! This really is a place that I’m going to be excited to attend and invite others to.
Megan and Nick put together a very cool slideshow of pictures from last night, and I thought I would share it […]
Posted in PorchLife on October 26th, 2006 4 Comments »
This is a collaborative effort. We have a lot to learn, how to do this. I think we need to be up front with everyone and be intentional in asking for feedback. At the least, we need to hold a 15 minute review at a couple of points on Saturday:
At the end of setup
After the […]
Posted in PorchLife on October 1st, 2006 No Comments »
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