More Thoughts on Cooperative Gathering

* Imagine an expanding group of households around the Auckland region who have a common friendship with one another coming together to gather on a semi regular basis on a Sat night or Sunday.

* Imagine if each household made a commitment to host a gathering once every two months?

* Imagine if each household made a commitment to being part of this once a fortnight, so that they could continue meeting together with other Christians, or as a family, or just chilling out etc on the alternate Sunday etc.

* Imagine if enough households got involved so that even if people were coming fortnightly the co - op gathering could actually run every week as enough homes were available around the Auckland region for people to pray together, eat together have communion together and enjoy one another under Christ.

* Imagine giving it a try until December and reviewing it then (nothing goes for ever).

* Because people would be only hosting every two months and coming fortnightly a larger geographic region can be covered.

* Because people are averaging fortnightly, a co-op could be around 30 or 40 people I guess (I'm always guessing!)

* The reality is that we live a in fragmented society not a society like the NT. Some organizing is usually required. Spontaneity is less likely in a busy, geographically stretched group of people. A minimum of organization for a maximum of organism.

It's funny, but I have always felt guilty about loving God and gathering with my friends. I think this is from years of being told to get out there and evangelize strangers, or being told to split a cell group, or plant a church from an existing one etc etc. But God has given us our friends hasn't he? I want to hang out with my friends. We just click in the end. We can think different things, but our culture is very similar. This is because of years of interaction . Instead of despising this and stopping it, we should acknowledge and celebrate / flow with it.

It may be that we as living stones may interlink in the wall of faith. Jigsaw pieces that connected together, may create something special in Christ?
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