I’ve been thinking about 'Change' as the 'Casting the Net' project goes
live this month. This represents quite a change in the way we do Church. We are
getting out into the community and connecting with new people - rather than waiting
for people to come through the doors. As I have been out and about this week I
have been on the receiving end of peoples' views on the EU Referendum. That is
big 'Change' and a lot of people are either happy, or not happy about the
result.
I’ve been reading - Why Growth is
Harder In a Small Church – And Change Is Essential by Karl Vaters. He suggests
that; Change is inevitable. Everyone who comes into your life changes your
life. The fewer people you know, the greater impact each person has. And the
longer you’ve known your current friends, the harder it is for new friends to
find where they fit.
In the same way, everyone who comes into a church changes that church. The
smaller the church, the greater impact each person has. The longer the church
has been around, the harder it is for new people to know where they fit. Our
churches are small churches - and they have been around for a long, long time.
Everyone who comes into our churches will change them
a little. Expect that. Welcome them and the change they bring. The stark alternative
is this: when we are gone, someone will have to be brought in to make the
building safe and close it. All because change was such a difficult thing to
accept... What do you think?
Blessings,
Alan
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