Thoughts From 6/14 Meeting

I want to thank each of you guys for being on my team. The conversation we had today was great and I am looking forward to pushing out into the deep end of the community conversation.



3 Take-A Ways from today’s meeting:

1) E-mail updates: I will start shooting e-mails out to everyone as we chew on issues together. I started a new blog today that we could use as a forum to community and talk about ideas. You would have to save your settings so that you would be e-mailed whenever there is a new post. Check it out: http://epiccommunity.blogspot.com/

2) Community: I would like to set our schedule toward meeting every 2nd & 4th Tuesday morning. We can continue the same format that we have been running where we meet at 8:00am but add an additional time at 7:00 to pray for each other and the ministry. I would also like to plan another time for all of us to get together and have dinner. Let me know if there is a Saturday afternoon/evening in July that works in your schedules.

3) Events: We are working on an online schedule that anyone can use. Until then I’ll get all of you on the e-mail lists for events and personally keep you updated. Here is the upcoming events:



A) Highland Park Area Fellowship Dinner – 6/19:

Join the new Park Cities and Highland Park Area Fellowship for a potluck dinner tonight at the home of Scott and Melissa McDonald, 2916 Stanford Ave., from 6-8 pm. For more information call 214-363-8276.



B) Lake Highlands Area Fellowship BBQ – 6/25:

(This will be a huge event – Feel free to come hang with this crew)

Do you live in the Lake Highlands Area? Whether you are already connected or are looking for community please join us next Saturday, June 25 from 6-8 pm for the start of a new area fellowship. We will have a picnic gathering with a bounce house and dessert at White Rock Elementary. Please bring a picnic dinner and blankets/chairs to sit on. Please RSVP to kharms@watermarkcommunity.org.



Future Meeting Topics:

[Here are some primers, I NEED your feedback and ideas of issues that need to be worked on.]

1) Connecting Point:

-What leaders need to say

-doing a Ct Pt lunch after the community week

-Others?

2) Connecting the unconnected

3) Assessing/Evaluating Groups:

-I have some ideas on numbers

-Standard group form that allows us to update

4) Communication

5) Lifecycle of groups

6) Sunday AM – Visitors Meeting (Create a step before Connecting Point)

7) What Else?



Items to Pray About:

1) Scott’s growth

2) Dave & Rose: Faithfulness, kids, friends

3) Todd: work & friends

4) Bryan: Work, family, settling in at WM

5) Michael: Trying to move into town, New groups we are starting



Items to Think About:

Next Dinner for our team