community 2.0

Community Meeting 9/28/2006 

Look for a new meeting place in the Denver Harbor. 

(taco shop closes@ 8pm) 

Steps need to be taken towards action 

Get together more often _ off Thursday = volunteer together, hang together 

Key: make the effort to be friends 

Meetings for buisness and meetings for action. once a month-planned activity at the Denver Harbor 

Phone List-credit card size, laminated 

Suggestion. Parenting classes in Denver Harbor 

Meeting at Denver Harbor to see if we feel led to move 

there or not. Need for family intervention. 

The more we interact together, the more our relationships 

will strengthen. 

Two important items 

-communicate, build relationships 

-move towards action, review manifesto _ do I have that 

value? DO I want to embrace that value and change 

my lifestyle? 

communication leader, secretary, events coordinator 

Ground rules for talking: pause after stating idea 

We need to be organic, not have to portion our lives out. 

Focus where your heart is. Don’t jump on Denver Harbor 

bandwagon if your heart is not in that. 

No fragmentation of life. 

Book: Resident Aliens togetherness happens when living out 

our calling from God. 

Clint and Heather-event planners; Deadlines help. Plan something by Next Thursday 

Role of facilitator for meetings _ time-out for people to talk, when to move on, when to socialize. Rotating post. 

Someone to send emails. Reminder emails. 

Manifesto read aloud (see biog)

A few weeks ago, my senior pastor invited me to have breakfast with him and some folks he thought I should meet. One of those gentelmen is a leader in Bering Academy, a group of people looking to bring formative theological education and training to the lay community. As such many of our conversations have been about the impact theology has had on our lives and the directions of theology we are currently exploring.

As the weeks have gone on we have had a number of people come through and bring gifts to our conversation. As we talked we realized we wanted to do a better job of inviting people in, so if you are free tomorrow morning (Friday the 29th of October) come down to Cafe Brazil (Westhimer and Dunlavy) and have breakfast with us. We start to gather around 7:45 and the conversation normally picks up around 8am.

Community Meeting 9/14/06

In attendance: Ian, Nate, Allen, Scottie, Clint, Kathleen, Jessy, Nick

gospel: loving on people for who they are

If you have a calling for your neighborhood, stay where you are. But if you only live there because it is convenient, safe or for no real purpose, come join us.

How is it (the safe, suburban life) incarnational?

Is intentional community a universal calling? No. But it is a tool to help us live “awake” and be real presence of God’s love.

Mid-August to mid-September: write manifesto. like wedding vows: extremily risky because you cannot enforce what others promise to you.

Clint: Holy Spirit not always like a gas station, we don’t always get filled up to go out. sometimes we have to step out into nothingness and God will meet us there. we have a joy deep within us because Jesus Christ promised us life, real life, full life. Try to decide where on the scale of financial dependence do we fall? Total dependence too extreme a shock. Total independence what we are doing now.

Dinner time = community time, a beautiful thing

1. who do you let into your community? Anyone who is broken? Even with the fragility of the community?              = grace needed to make this choice, ultimately, God will use this how he wants to, in whatever capacity.

Challenge group to start meeting where we plan on moving: Denver Harbor, meet at a restaurant - Porras Tacos.

Do more research about other communities. Arcitectual matters are very important for functionality and survival

Relationships are the most important part. They Should be kept at first priority.

= Most of us going in are o.k. if this dies. If you “can’t leave” because of our house, you need to leave.

Allen: experience with Eccuminical Institute, will get insights into bennifits and downfalls

Next meeting is September 28

-Ways tp Meet more frequently

1. planning meetings about Denver Harbor (youth and families) Thursday 6:30 @ Ian’s

2.Hang with each other = blog as place to invite eachother to various events (mmm… food)

3. call each other