Plans change

(posted by Paul Zilmer)

This week we've come across two situations where we've needed to adjust our plans. Flexibility remains a key element in our approach!  We continue trying things, and then adjusting as we learn.

One class extended, another postponed.

Our Wednesday night class has been "Living Out Your Faith", with 10 students attending. Our premise is that our faith has to show in the way we live, and God has expectations of us, and will hold us to account. Our approach has been to explore a significant number of scripture passages that have plain teaching about what we should DO, and what we should NOT do. We have built lists on flip-chart paper as we accumulated the Bible's teachings. After we add to the list from a given passage, we then look at Bible examples of faithful people actually putting these into practice, or in some cases unfaithful people failing to do as God directs. The pictures below show the DO and NOT lists we've been building on the wall.

The students have been very engaged in these explorations, and as we were nearing the end of the 4 planned weeks, one student asked that we extend the class. I put it to the rest of the students, and nearly all agreed, including all of those who were scheduled to start on the next scheduled class ("Bible History and Geography"). With that input, we are now going to carry on the Living Faith class for 2 more weeks, and we will re-schedule the History & Geography class for another time. For the current class, anyone who has completed the originally planned 4 sessions will be counted as a completer.

Teen activity put on hold, for now

Dana Pratt and Jennifer Millay have been trying for several weeks to get an after-school teen activity off the ground. There has been interest, but not much attendance. Two teen girls came one week, and that's been it. With nicer weather now here, it seems even less likely that we'll get teens stopping in. So Dana has decided to put this activity aside for now. She will try again in the fall. We still believe that there is an opportunity here for something really good — we just need to a couple of kids to try it & find it enjoyable, then tell their friends.