People are at different phases of life. They are in generational phases, trend phases, and spiritual phases. And with each of these phases it is yours and my responsibility to figure that out. Meaning, we have to care enough about them to know their likes and dislikes, as well as their preferences, and their belief system. And that takes work. It's called investing.
The Outdoor Ministry Team in our Recreation ministry has done a great job of establishing themselves as a group of people who care about those connected to the outdoors, no matter what phase of life they are in. Just this past week following a sermon on the spiritual phases of people, a team leader emailed me in questioning whether we were offering the right kind of bible studies that would impact the people we are connecting to. Simply, he was thinking about making sure we were reaching people on a spiritual level where they actually were; not with the material (or wardrobes - see Tuesday's post) that we thought would make us look or sound good.
The process of connecting with people doesn't begin with answers. It starts with good questions! Great job to our Outdoor Team for digging deep on this issue.
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