recently i have been reading r.bell's book velvet elvis [a dang good read] and was just coming through the parts about community in the church.
in the weeks leading up to Christmas i was speaking to our students about the importance of community; how the journey is not ment to be done in solitude, the shared experience is the rich expreience, etc. then at our Christmas morning gathering as i spoke i touched the communal issues that we've done a good job of limiting. we've limited them through our attitudes and importance we've placed on individualism.

then just this week my sr. and i are talking in staff mtg. about issues of community and how we ramp up the communal aspect of life in the local church. needless to say, we haven't landed on any answers just yet.

so, all of that to ask this...
how are you addressing the need for community in your local churches? anything from students, kids & adults.

later tater...