Comments on: Comfortable or Uncomfortable http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607 Ramblings from the mind of a guy whose mind is always spinning and a spinning Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: cycleguy http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607&cpage=1#comment-2048 cycleguy Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:22:54 +0000 http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607#comment-2048 Tony: great words! Man, if we could connect on the intimate level He desires what a difference we would experience in worship! Thanks again for a very wise comment. Tony: great words! Man, if we could connect on the intimate level He desires what a difference we would experience in worship! Thanks again for a very wise comment.

]]> By: cycleguy http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607&cpage=1#comment-2047 cycleguy Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:21:18 +0000 http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607#comment-2047 Paul: thanks for stopping by and commenting. Having been a pastor in a comfortable church now getting ready to start something different you know exactly what Tony is talking about. We can't lose the youth! Hey everyone: Paul & I met in 1995 on a bike tour and have remained friends since. He is starting a new church plant in Douglasville, GA this Sunday. check out Velocity to the right. Paul: thanks for stopping by and commenting. Having been a pastor in a comfortable church now getting ready to start something different you know exactly what Tony is talking about. We can’t lose the youth!

Hey everyone: Paul & I met in 1995 on a bike tour and have remained friends since. He is starting a new church plant in Douglasville, GA this Sunday. check out Velocity to the right.

]]> By: cycleguy http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607&cpage=1#comment-2049 cycleguy Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:26:50 +0000 http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607#comment-2049 Jim: Glad you picked up on that. I noticed that too. However, we often do the wrong thing because we see the older people as having the money and influence. So we cater to them with disastrous results. Unless you have a forward thinking elderly population, that spells disaster. I agree on your last statement. Jim: Glad you picked up on that. I noticed that too. However, we often do the wrong thing because we see the older people as having the money and influence. So we cater to them with disastrous results. Unless you have a forward thinking elderly population, that spells disaster. I agree on your last statement.

]]> By: Paul http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607&cpage=1#comment-2034 Paul Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:07:11 +0000 http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607#comment-2034 I agree with Tony. We in the upcoming senior generation better learn the lesson from the failures of those who went before and refused to let go of leadership roles till it was too late and the youth were gone. It is not about us--its about Him and how we can get His message out to lost community. Paul I agree with Tony. We in the upcoming senior generation better learn the lesson from the failures of those who went before and refused to let go of leadership roles till it was too late and the youth were gone. It is not about us–its about Him and how we can get His message out to lost community. Paul

]]> By: Desertjim http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607&cpage=1#comment-2037 Desertjim Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:54:06 +0000 http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607#comment-2037 His comment that "if we design a service geared toward young people, we'll also reach older people. The reverse is not true" is a very good point. I also tracked back to his article about younger people leaving the church that showed the statistic that 88% of kids raised in the church leave the church after graduating from high school. That's alarming. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. His comment that "if we design a service geared toward young people, we'll also reach older people. The reverse is not true" is a very good point.

I also tracked back to his article about younger people leaving the church that showed the statistic that 88% of kids raised in the church leave the church after graduating from high school. That's alarming.

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

]]> By: Tony York http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607&cpage=1#comment-2036 Tony York Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:26:25 +0000 http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=607#comment-2036 Hey, thanks for the point in that direction... I left a comment there concerning the article. For me being uncomfortable may just be trying to stay out of the rut. Don't do things just because they are habit. Worship God because He IS God... and really dig into what that means. When you can connect on that level, you can lift His name up any many different types of venues and not be worried about 'your' needs but what is acceptable to God. He tends to bless us more in those moments than when we are trying to be comfortable (having things our way). Hey, thanks for the point in that direction… I left a comment there concerning the article. For me being uncomfortable may just be trying to stay out of the rut. Don't do things just because they are habit. Worship God because He IS God… and really dig into what that means.

When you can connect on that level, you can lift His name up any many different types of venues and not be worried about 'your' needs but what is acceptable to God. He tends to bless us more in those moments than when we are trying to be comfortable (having things our way).

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