Men’s Communion Gatherings

Purpose/Objective 

How shall we NOW live in these End Times?  2Peter 3:11,14…”Since all these things are thus in the process of being dissolved, what kind of person ought (each of) you to be…?”

 

The Format

I strongly sense we’re to focus on the communion, ‘public’ reading of the Scriptures & worship.  In our gatherings thus far we’ve mainly shared scripture, prayed & worshipped around the communion table, and prayed for peoples’ needs…mainly physical healing.  It’s been unique & awesome!  We’ll probably continue in that manner, but be open to the Holy Spirit’s direction.  

 

Sharing Giftings & Anointings

I have sensed that the Lord has gifted many with special insights into scripture &/or what the Lord is saying to the Body at this present time.  So I sense He wants me to make room for that, & give each person a ‘platform’ to share his heart.  Because we really won’t have time to do that in this brief time frame without distracting from the main focus; & discussion would tend to totally derail us; I sense we may need to provide a separate venue for that.  A couple of options are…

• Blogging… I’m aware some of you have blogs.  For others who don’t & either can’t technically set your own up, or don’t know of someone who can help you with that, we can provide assistance.  My thought is to provide an opportunity at each meeting of 5-10 minutes for one person’s summarized intro/outline of thoughts on a related matter to our gathering focus.  Then, direct the group to this website/blog to link to the full presentation.  We’ll see how that works as we go along.                
• Printed Format…The person scheduled to share at a specific gathering could provide each person in the group with a printed format of his thoughts; then verbally highlight the main points within the prescribed time frame.  Each person could then do the homework later, as would be the case in a blog format.

 Frequency

For now we will experiment with an alternate weekly Monday & Saturday schedule & allow the Holy Spirit to adjust it in time.  Local schedule is listed below.

 

Local Schedule

Saturdays:  1-31-09        2-14-09         2-28-09 

Mondays:    2-9-09         2-23-09