Our recent Gathering 2010 was a great day of fun, worship, learning and being together as a community of believers in Jesus. One of the best parts was the stimulating interaction around tables after lunch about how to be a missionary in your own neighbourhood, the “gospel according to you”. Here’s the link to the pdf document, or see below for the full text of the responses shared in the discussions. Feel free to comment or expand on things!
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Tags: Culture, Gathering, missional, outreach

The Globe and Mail is running a three-part series on advertising to Gen Y, based on a new book by Seth Godin. Although coming from a marketing standpoint, there are lots of great lessons we can pick up about how churches can shape their ministries to best connect with Canadians in their teens, twenties and thirties. If Gen Y prefers small businesses, then understanding their mindset should also help churches, particularly smaller “neighborhood” churches, to present their size and status as a selling point/benefit rather than a shortcoming.

Read the articles as they appear and then join the discussion about how to apply this to your local church context.

Tags: Culture, Gen Y, Resources, Seth Godin

“Making Connections: getting the most from social media”
Here’s a great resource on using social media like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to connect with people in your church and community

Tags: Culture, Resources, Social Media