Meeting Minutes November 29, 2011

November 29th , 2011 Meeting Minutes
Present:
Amy P, Richard G, Sam E, Peter B

Meeting Minutes November 22, 2011

November 22th , 2011 Meeting Minutes
Present:
Sam E, Richard G, Peter B, Robb M

No Large Group This Week

Due to the retreat this last weekend and Praise and Prayer Night tomorrow (8-10pm, Dabney Hall), large group this week has been cancelled. Instead, in preparation for next week, I'd like to share a fascinating discussion between three of the brightest pastors in America these days on the use of culture in their churches. Here's the link:

http://marshill.com/media/special/elephant-room-culture-in-the-church-vs-church-in-the-culture

If you get a chance to watch the video, feel free to add your comments below!

Next up: Pastor Nathan Lundgren of Oasis Church will be talking about "In the World, Not Of the World." As our third and final guest speaker coming in, we'd like to give him a warm welcome and a receptive audience, so make sure to be there!

Large Group #7 Debrief: Fundamentals, Not Fundamentalist

Hi everyone! At large group on Monday, I talked and we discussed the extent to which Christianity needs to be extreme, and the sorts of errors that Christian "fundamentalists" fall into. Rather than merely debate definitions, we focused on what the errors are and how we can avoid them. We heard from two pastors, Mark Driscoll and Matt Chandler, reflect on these things. Keep reading to get my synopsis and those links.

Meeting Minutes November 15, 2011

November 15th , 2011 Meeting Minutes
Present:
Amy P, Richard G, Peter B, Sam E

Meeting Minutes November 8, 2011

November 8th , 2011 Meeting Minutes
Present:
Richard G, Amy P, Sam E, Peter B

Large Group #6 Debrief: Unity, not Uniformity

Speakers: Sam Elder and Pastor Jeff Liou of Lake Avenue Church

This week, we continued with our series Nuances of the Faith with a two-part talk, by myself and Pastor Jeff Liou of Lake Avenue Church, entitled Unity, Not Uniformity, based in Ephesians 4. I spoke about the need for unity in the church, drawing from verses 1-6, my own experiences here at Caltech and an article from Christianity Today. Jeff then spoke about the need for diversity, drawing from verses 7-16, his own experiences at Lake Avenue, and his studies at Fuller on race. Afterwards, we broke into three groups for discussion.