"I can worship God without going to church."  I hear that a lot, either directly or from parents lamenting how their grown kids don't go to church.  In one sense, it's true.  In another sense, it's the recipe for spiritual famine.  Jesus almost always made it clear that discipleship was a group project, saying, in essence, …

This week was a "process" week - trying to get some clarity on our ministry focus.  It involves dots on paper; anyone who has gone through any kind of corporate goal development has been loaded up with dots.  But, this is important stuff, the culmination of over 6 months of work.  I asked them what possible ministries got them EXCITED.  I even asked the guests and newcomers to take part; "The Spirit invited you here, so let the Spirit guide your dots," I said.  Each area of ministry had a…