Surrey Christian Sojourners First Meeting

On Thursday we had our first meeting of Surrey Christian Sojourners, the spiritual meetup I've been putting together. It was an interesting evening. About the time I got in line at the coffee shop, their coffee grinder broke, adding to my nervousness. So I stood in line for 20 minutes, turning around every time the door opened. It was surprisingly nerve wracking.

3 people arrived, and we discussed Micah 6:8 and it's three-fold directive of justice, mercy, and walking with God. Interestingly enough, all 4 of us are currently involved in serving the homeless in various ways, right here in Surrey!

What was also neat was the group included another church planter, Ron. He currently leads a house-based faith community called Coram Deo here in Surrey. Take a look at their site, it's very cool. As he shared a bit about the spiritual journey he and his wife have been on, we found a lot of common ground. Very exciting! I'll probably check it out next Sunday.

Challenges of the evening - 1. Not everyone spoke English well, and as we read it I realized what I had written on the handout was too complex. I'll need to ensure everone can understand.

2. My overwhelming nervousness! As a 'recovering' shy person, I had a few nerve-wracking moments of going completely blank, and there were some awkward silences. Hopefully, as the group gets to know each other, those will lessen.

Since we're a new group, to help people start sharing I've posted our discussion on a blogger page, so that participants can interact through comments.

Check out the Surrey Christian Sojourners blog.

And check out the Surrey Christian Sojourners Meetup Page.

I'd love to hear feedback from you, my friends and family, as we go along! I hope to hear from you soon!

New Start

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The Surrey Christian Sojourners!

I finally took the plunge and started a new 'meetup' group in my area for postmodern Christians. I hope this will be the beginning of a new Christian community. I'm nervous about it, yet excited. Please keep me in prayer!

The Road Ahead

I’m looking at starting a casual meeting for postmodern Christians and seekers in the next several weeks, probably in a coffee shop or someplace else convenient. I continue to feel a call to the ‘emerging church’ movement. There is a tension to it – on the one hand I feel right at home with the people attracted to it (left-wing, artistic, free-thinking, heart for social justice). However, as is usually the case, our weaknesses are often our strengths overdone. There is a tendency to be too left-wing, emotionally based, free thinking, and accepting of everything. I am more and more thankful for my Bible education, as it truly is my foundation while I deal with very challenging issues. The emerging church is in desperate need of leaders who are grounded in the Bible, and are able to apply its timeless truths to our postmodern 'truth is subjective' culture. Of course, figuring out what is 'timeless' and what is 'time-bound' in the Bible is often challenging.

Your prayers will be appreciated as this will be the first time I begin something on my own.